After attending the the webinar, Criminal (In)Justice: How Mass Incarceration Disrupts Families and Communities, it has caused me not to change my perspective of racial injustice, but allow me to shine a different kind of light upon the issue prevalent in society. Incarceration is seen as such a negative thing- it is as if once someone goes to jail, no matter the crime, their name is forever tainted. Also, the worst part of jail is that once the time being served is over, this person now has to join back society with no real help whatsoever. It is even worse when this said person was wrongfully given an extended jail sentence just for being black, all thanks to mass incarceration and our nation’s jail system. 

Our society fails to recognize that these people are humans too. Most of them have a family, friends, people who raised them and pray and hope for their success. Our country does not allow for former convicts to live a happy life. Based on the stories of the panelists, I agree that there should be a system implemented for rehabilitation of former convicts so that they do not end up homeless begging for money, and they can instead get a job and be able to afford to live in a proper home with adequate living supplies.