U.S. Prisons: Myth Vs. Mayhem.

     The article is about the jail system. How it consumes a huge part of our tax paying dollars and how people use to as an excuse to make people better but in reality there is a truth behind every jail cell. Prison is definitely not a good solution for gang members because once one of them are inside the prison more will come and the gang just continues to grow. Nothing changes from the outside to the inside because they still have to fight to survive and the most important thing is that they still have the gang mentality to kill in order to survive. honestly the only was prison would work is if we took the drastic majors that need to be taken into consideration. In the article it states that literally thousands of dollars go into keeping someone fed and alive a year. there are plenty of people on the outside of those walls that need the help but cannot because funds are being thrown to keep these people alive. I find it interesting that the guards know what is going on the inside of the cells but do not do anything about it. the guards know there is rape and gang affiliation inside the cells i believe that they should use that as a way to push up these mens deaths or cause for a change. i did not find the article confusing i find it confusing how the government goes out of their ways to make these prisons a home for people. if people want to kill themselves inside these walls they can but do not go to drastic majors and making the prison bigger than what it is.