JAIL

While reading the article for this week, I was in complete shock. I could not understand the harsh jokes, horrible language, and brutality that came from the police to the inmates. The craziest part, was that the "inmates" were not even convicted yet. It was very hard for me to see how people are treated before even being convicted. It makes me pretty convinced that it's a lot worse when they are actually convicted. I really think that the system is messed up. People can buy their way out of jail, when committing the same or worse crimes as someone else who is poor. The big joke there is that the poor people have to stay in jail and stay in the worst conditions throughout the whole process of waiting for their court date and then still being sentenced to prison. I think people really need to think about how the system works and realize the way it is all run by money. Whoever has the most money and is willing to use it to get out of jail wins in this situation, which is really not fair. Why should someone who murders someone be able to get a good lawyer, pay bond and have a minimal sentence, and someone who was caught with drugs be in prison while waiting for trial, then get a very harsh punishment and go back to prison for a very long time? It doesn't make any sense and it just sucks that everything is based upon money; I really don't think it's fair.