On twitter in Prison Watch Network
(@Prisonwatchint) I stumbled upon an interesting tweet talking about how cells
in California have a color coded based on race.
They have “colored signs” that hang on each cell door. These signs are used to indicate each race,
whether it’s black, white, Hispanic or other.
This system is used to penalize inmates of the same race when one of
them assaults a guard. California is the
only state that we know of that uses race-based prisons. The California Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation says that this is the only way to control gang members because
they unite depending on skin color. Instead of controlling the entire race,
they should punish the gang members who started the assault. What impressed me
the most was the color coded prison doors and classification of races. I couldn’t
believe how racism still persists in such a way. Tweeter is a good gate way of
information and social media. I am actually impressed, because one of the
reason I do not have many social medias is because there was nothing
interesting to look at or read.
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