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  Penmate - The Free Help The Trapped The unfortunate reality of today's world is that incarcerated people are ostracized from society. They are meant to feel like second class citizens. An former inmate might garner bad looks from those around them. They have a harder time adjusting to the world they left behind. What's worse is that through this constant judging and negativity that they are subjected to, former inmates are left to fend for themselves in a world that makes them feel that they do not belong there. In such circumstances, an inmate ends up falling back into the cycle of crime and punishment that got them there in the first place. In fact, over 60% of violent inmates recidivated for a new crime or violating their parole terms. This cycle keeps them trapped and what exacerbates this situation is that the US has for profit prisions.  Penmate hopes to combat this endless cycle of incarceration by connecting violent criminals who turned away from a life of crime to t...

There are a few ways that the world could be made a better place to live. I think that a greater emphasis on forgiveness and aid would help rather than punishment. What I mean by that is in our current approach, whenever political tensions or situations arise, the first instinct is to move towards retaliation. Even in major cities, there is a greater emphasis on punishing rather than rehabilitation and help for offenders. This turns into a bigger problem when your realize that there is misallocation of funds within the country so to also resolve that, I think that focusing more on rehabilitation and then generating new forms of revenue can help the world more than we are currently. An example that I can think of marijuana offenses. Instead of locking up offenders in jail for years on end, it's a better idea to legalize the substance and then taxing it to create a new form of revenue, effectively getting rid of illegal use of it and further complications that arise. Furthermore, thi...

So end of the school year is right around the corner. It's April 5th and if my math is correct, I will be in the Galen Center in 35 days accepting my degree. It's pretty nuts to think about especially how quickly the end of the school year comes about after spring break. 4 years (3.5 years since I started in the Spring of 2021) just flew by. Senioritis is settling but I need to keep pushing until I get my degree because I can not afford to be lazy, especially because I have not ordered my cap and gown yet. There's still a lot on the line and if I slack off now, its going to come back to bite me. So, I need to put my head down and just push through. I have a lot of group projects that are right around the corner. I don't even want to think about them. In total, I have three group projects, three finals, and then a portfolio for this class all of which needs to be completed in April. It's starting to feel overwhelming but it needs to be done. I don't think the gro...