As detailed in Michelle Alexander’s book, The New Jim Crow, the prison system is now the institution that  is denying the rights of citizens that were supposedly won during the Civil Rights Movement.

Although there are many crimes which deserve punishment, the idea of rehabilitation should be taken as a higher priority when it comes to incarceration.

Due to the fact that it is extremely difficult for people who have served time to assimilate back into society and the high rate at which people who have served time end up back in prison, a new approach should be taken to the concept of the prison system.