Deviance at SHS & Prisons

Deviance. Differing from a norm or socially accepted standards. Deviance is very prevalent at Stevenson High School. Everyone texts at school, goes late to class, and disobeys ridiculous rules. It's the bad kids, or at least the ones that look bad, that get caught. Many innocent and angelic looking people who know how to charm others to get away with everything. They get called down to the Dean for ditching a class, and they'll get away with it. My friend ditched a class and did not get in trouble because she told her Dean she was sick. For a bad kid, that would never work. Bad kids are the one's swearing at teachers, listening to music during school, ditching classes, skipping detention, and wearing dirty clothes. The ones who are well-groomed and charismatic get away with a whole lot more. Now, to change my topic, I would like to discuss prisons. Prisons are supposed to be rehabilitation and re institutionalization centers; instead prisons are just crowded places to lock criminals up. In fact, more people executed from the death penalty have actually been proven innocent than guilty years later. So why the rush? What is wrong with out penal system that innocent people are getting killed for crimes they did not commit? Why is it that 2/3 of prisoners released return to prison? In order to make America safer, we need to improve our prisons. This means better, cleaner, less crowded facilities. This change needs to come quick. Hopefully, President-elect Barack Obama will help.