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5. Be sure to see the movie just coming out, Survival Guide to Prison directed by

Matthew Cooke.

We spend millions and millions on prisons, and they do not end crime.

We imprison young people with problems. They emerge old men who learned in prison how to commit even more crimes.

And many of our prisoners are in for drug possession and/or use and need help not prison time.

Very often drug use is a symptom. Our laws make it a crime to be punished in prison where there is no help to deal with the underlying problem or illness.