Criminal Justice System: Documentary Analysis

This documentary follows two young females and two older males around who discussed their trails, how long they been incarcerated when they’ll be released, and how often they been in & out the system. There were also some factors that were discussed on why some of them end up back in the system, why some of them act out the way they do, and why one individual turns to drugs. This video showed me how right I was about how corrupted the criminal justice system is when the narrator said there are more prisoners incarcerated than the number of beds they have to offer. The military and prison are the main two factors that are wasting tax payer’s money but, I mean if the majority of these people who are getting lock up are coming from areas that below middle class that means that something needs to be done.
Kentucky spent over fifty million dollars incarcerating people who did not commit a crime and I still do not understand why it took them so long to notice this increase of inmates since they have some sleeping on the floor. The documentary somewhat has a connection with the 8th amendment since most people who were incarcerated were drug users and individuals that were in the lower class/ poverty level which made these people more targetable. Additionally, it did display some cruel and unusual punishment since the majority of the inmates was diagnose with mental issues. However, I did not hear about expensive bail for a person to be released. When it comes to the 13th amendment it kind of in the mist of the prison since they just throw the people in their who they feel are a threat and not the ones who are a danger to the society and the people around