The articles communicates about how America spends the most money on prisons and how locking criminals behind bars is the only option without thinking about other alternatives, which they are trying to improve on. It says how the weak inmates in jail are also victoms of rape and assault and there have been no law in regards to the situation. Majority of the prisoners do not enter society as nicer people than before and due to a vast amount of gang members, they tend to run the the facility instead of it being in the hands of the correction. They also considered about other alternatives and how the non- dangerous criminals should enter other rehabilitation and give other punishments to those who aren't harsh criminals. I think that we should partner prison with counselors so they'll have someone to talk too and get help with their personal behaviors, and programs might help as well to improve on their lifestyle so they can recgonize what's importnat instead of doing the wrong things. We can also make prisonser more successful if prison inmates aren't treated so nicely because they get 3 meals a day, allowed to take their shirts off and showing off gang signs which they shouldn't be allowed to do because that's just causing more drama between their rivals. Although their are strict rules that are enforced on the prisoner, I believe that the prisons are kind of lenient in a way and they should be locked behind their cell more instead of having time outside, working out or etc.. What I found interesting was the punishment for criminals who were theives and how they had to give back to their victims and the community by payint the state $5 for room while they also work to pay back to the people they stole from. I was confused about how their are no laws about consequences for raping and assulting other inmates. Like if that is also a big issue in prisons, shouldn't their be some rule regulating the problems so criminals in jail won't do it?