We cant even stop the trafficking through our prison systems

I read a post written by our classmate Matt. It was about the smuggling of contraband throughout the Texas jail system. Contraband includes anything from stolen cell phones to drugs. I found this a tad bit horrifying that we are unable to keep our jails secure. If this continues without being stopped it becomes a safety risk. One of the major problems with all the contraband trafficking is that the guards who are suppose to be protecting us from them and vise versa are helping trafficking the contraband. As matt said this is because our guards are making minimum wage. I think that this is terrible. Our guards can barley making a living but are expected to face danger everyday and deal with people who could possibly kill them. Because of this is does not surprise me that the guards are helping out to make some more cash. We should definitely be paying our hard working prison guards much more than that. In general we should be paying our countries protectors such as EMS, firefighters and police much more than they already make. I think our country should be giving better wages to the social workers and people who make a difference like teachers as well. Matt says that our prison system and education system are directly connected and I do agree with that but I disagree that because you grew up in a bad place that you will become a bad person and end up in the prison system. People can should what they want out off life and the people in our prison system choose to do something wrong. All of our choices directly effect our lives. Everyone has hardships that we either overcome or succumb too. This was an eye-opening article that was very well written. I agree that our guards need to be paid much more but I disagree that a bad school system equals bad children.

High Speed Chases are Killing People

I heard about a fatal accident yesterday on the news, it was caused by a high speed police chase. The victim was an innocent bystander. This made me question the effectiveness of police chases. It has become more and more common as we hear about car related deaths but I believe that it is very different when the deaths are cause by our own police force. Everyday people die in car accidents but more and more people are becoming victims as people make and race faster cars. Those people who are running from the cops in fast cars are becoming a serious safety liability as cops are forced to chase them down. Is it really necessary to chase down someone who has a faster car than those issued by the police stations? When these high speed chases are in pursuit peoples lives are in danger. Bystanders, the police men and the people that are running are all risking there lives. Only about 25% of people who run are caught. The cops have a 25% chance of catching the speeders. Is it worth risking civilian lives over a lone guy who was speeding on the road? But I do know that if we stop pursuing when a cop tries to pull someone over than there is no bite behind the bark per say. Cops would loose credibility and more people would start running knowing that they could get away. Something needs to be done to protect society. Fines need to be razed and new rules need to be made. I think that if police used better judgment about when to pursue, or how long they should pursue it could save innocent lives. Sometimes the bad guy gets away, but they can’t catch everybody even if they tried. If the police chose to chase at night only that would greatly reduce the chance of bystanders getting hurt. Less people are out at night and many of the high speeders are out at that time as well. Maybe if the police only pursued people for a certain amount of time before then deciding if they can catch them or not. There are things that can be done and there are definitely things that should be done.