En Estos Dias Analysis

The people as well as the government are making the wrong decisions. During the beginning of senior year I was brought upon a nonprofit organization, called Urban Peace Movement. UPM is a youth organizing & leadership program that focuses on social justice, welcoming high school-aged youth from neighborhoods directly impacted by high rates of violence. UPM helped Dajon Ford a former high school football player get a shorter sentence and a clean record. Oakland youth residents have been insensitively incarcerated by the government when it comes to robbery. Youth have been unjustly incarcerated due to them being charged as adults rather than teenagers. This is an unfair practice because teenagers have not properly developed their life skills.
Oscar is a relative who was charged as an accomplice in robbery. After speaking to him I learned that being at the wrong place at the wrong time is real. Oscar has just met up with a group of friends, when the police surrounded him and his friends. He claims he did not understand what was going on until court. It turned out the group of friends had robbed a house before meeting up. Unfortunately Oscar spent 4 weeks behind bars before having his siblings bail him out. I asked him what his experience was being in there and referred to me a spanish song, En Estos Dias by Regulo Caro. The song talks about feeling lonely, having to fight for your food, and having too much free time that all your memorizes visit you. The reason Oscar spent 4 weeks incarcerated was because his father decided to leave him in there. “It broke my heart seeing him in there but it’s for the best. I don’t want him to continue in that path and he might hate me now but hopefully he’ll understand. I’m tired you know? I’m tired of paying for all 5 of my kids bails and having them go back to their ways. I want different for him.” It’s been 3 months and Oscar has not spoken with his father. Oscar was charged for something he had no business with but he was not the only one. According to Rohrlich, Justin (2014. November 10) Why Are There Up to 120,000 Innocent People in US Prisons?, “in the United States, 30 have involved people who originally pled guilty to crimes they didn't commit. It's hard to accept that people who are innocent would knowingly incriminate themselves, but it happens frequently.” If there’s 120,000 innocent people arrested, the government needs a better system. A system where it shows and proves that what they are accusing someone is