Alisha Alex
- One aspect of the video that I found interesting was that the prisoners were brought into the basement, blindfolded. The prisoners were forced to strip themselves of their clothing, which in a sense dehumanizes them. It lowers their freedom, their individuality, and their rights as a person. To be completely stripped and have others to invade your privacy making fun of your body parts, is cruel and disgusting. This definitely proved the guards authority and power to demean the prisoners.
- Another aspect of the video that I found interesting was how quickly prisoner 819 got affected by the other prisoners. Just as soon as he was going to be freed from the prison the other prisoners kept saying, “prisoner 819 did a bad thing.” As soon as he heard that, he went through a mental breakdown and did not want to leave the prison. He cried and cried to figure out a way to stay in prison with his friends just because of that comment.
I agree that the system dehumanizes the prisoners. We can change the correctional system in our country by treating the prisoners more like humans. Yes, most of them committed crimes, and some people don’t take to corrections unless they’re punished crucially. However, that doesn’t mean that they should be dehumanized and that they’re still entitled to some rights.
~Damilola Babarinde