Why Do Prisons Leave Prison?

Nelson Mandela once said, “As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn’t leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I’d still be in prison.” In today’s society, an issue exists with too many inmates occupying prisons. Many of these inmates in prisons do not get freed with the same ideas as Nelson Mandela. The solution for this issue is to put inmates to use for the public and only use prisons as holding stations for inmates. Such uses include entertainment, military, and public services. By forcing inmates to serve as a use for the public, inmates will leave prison with the idea that they will change their ways to avoid returning.

Most everyone has seen the movie Hunger Games, but has anyone ever thought of bringing the events in the movie to life? To make this idea a reality, an inmate will be transported to a prison concluding their court sentence.
These inmates will be provided with a gun and a strict set of guidelines to follow. To ensure these guidelines are not violated, inmates will be rewarded with their freedom if they find their way home without disobeying any of the guidelines. Inmates not selected for the “Prison Games” or serving over seas will not have the opportunity to just “do their time” in their jail cell. They will be used for work. This work will go towards the common good of the public. These services include handpicking fields of crops that cannot be harvested by machine, picking up trash, and road construction. By harvesting large fields by hand, the inmates will be putting in long hours while benefiting a large majority of the population. Tomatoes, green beans, figs, strawberries, peaches, and most other fruits fit into the category of handpicked crops. Nearly the entire population consumes produce in this