by Veronica Castillo
Probably Wasn’t Cannabis Anyway
Society Judges but the System is Designed to Win
So many times, people are released from prison but not really released from the impact. A lot of people that haven’t been impacted by jail/prison, assume that those released aren’t living to their full potential for of all kinds of reasons- generally, the ones. The consideration of the system is hardly there, well, for some groups. For other groups, we know that the entire design, is for our demise. The system is designed to win.
In the previous piece, I discussed lab chemists dry labbing substances , and those fake results being used to jail people. Those people, convicted under crime, may be able to rid themselves of jail but their lives will never be the same. The system makes life after jail really hard. The last season of Orange is the New Black highlights the truths in that statement; or this:
Felons/ people convicted of “crimes” lose many rights:
- Voting rights
- Employment opportunities
- The right to travel abroad
- The right to bear arms or own guns
- Jury service rights
- Public social benefits and housing benefits/rights
Imagine this being life after serving time for a substance that was never tested. And the lab chemist able to go into work daily, high going in and maintaining it while there, messing up analysis, and putting people away for years- maybe life. Imagine being released after spending 10+ years in jail, for a substance that was never tested, and then having your human rights taken away.
This happens every single day cross America. Even when caught- the system is designed to win. While people were convicted and spent years in jail, the system made it so that the lab chemist that failed – only spent months in jail. And even after that, the fight to release people continues; because the system is designed to win.
They should release people but instead, they keep them locked up while the lab chemists are set free. How to Fix a Drug Scandal on Netflix, takes viewers into a system that is designed to win. For those that Sonja Farak and Annie Dookan had a hand in prosecuting, life for them has been changed and will forever be changed. We as a society should not turn our noses up at people. The system has been designed to win at all costs- even lives.