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Serious crimes should stay on record. However, small crimes should not show up when applying. Education should be provided in prison so that people can change and benefit from it while incarcerated so they can get a head start.

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The criminal justice system can better protect African Americans by reshaping the system into different types units.For example, except for calling the police for wellness checks they could make a separate unit specifically for wellness checks.Having unit’s that help people with different types of situations could result in less killings.

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“Those black codes explicitly intended to reimpose white control over all African Americans that included everything Vagrancy laws which criminalized unemployment,it became impossible for any African American man in the south not to be vulnerable.”

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“The criminal justice center was shaped by a culture that seized African American Americans as more prone to criminality.”

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Although incarceration could be helpful in some aspects, The criminal justice system incarcerates more African American people than any other race. When the criminal justice system was first created , African Americans were falsely accused and incarcerated over unimportant crimes such as Being unemployed and homelessness.They would combine men, women,and children in the same prisons as holding cell for petty crimes to murder.This caused prison conditions to become filthy and violent.

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"Education provides opportunities for people with criminal records to move beyond their experience with the penal system and reach their full potential. The more education a person has, the higher their income. Similarly, the more education a person has, the less likely they are to return to prison."

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"I believe this move is a positive one. People’s prior convictions should not be held against them in their pursuit of higher learning."

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Reducing mass incarceration can be a solution in helping colored communities. In addition, lowering mass incarceration will help to reduce economical and racial segregation. The result of lowering mass incarceration is clear: it would create a more just society.

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"The problem is the lack of social integration. Similarly, when communities lose too large of a segment of their population, this same important, crime-inhibiting social integration can be disrupted. It is important to remember that even people who break the law occupy many different roles. They are husbands or wives or girlfriends or boyfriends, sons, daughters, friends, coworkers, and neighbors. Families and the neighborhoods in which they reside struggle to fill the void when members are no longer there. The removal of too many people from communities can be disruptive. "--7/20/2020 The Effects of Mass Incarceration on Communities of Color | Issues in Science and Technology

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Should a criminal record be erased in order for individuals who have served their time to enter into the work force?

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"These damages are inflicted by law and by social practice. Among the former, some of the more onerous consequences are the legal denial of some social benefits—public housing access, welfare benefits, some college loans and grants, the right to vote, the right to live or work in certain places (school zones for some offenders), and requirements to register with local authorities. These damages were enacted by legislative bodies to punish those convicted of crimes, in the belief that those who violate “the social contract” should not benefit from the public’s largess, or in the belief that barring convicted felons from some of the things that others have access to is for the good of the broader community. But, not having access to these “privileges” will inhibit some who have been released from prison from taking the straight, narrow, and legitimate path, and thus increase the likelihood of them becoming again involved in criminal behavior." -7/20/2020 The Effects of Mass Incarceration on Communities of Color | Issues in Science and Technology

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Although the idea of imprisoning those who have committed a crime is a way of protecting a community, when the number of people incarcerated in a community is exceedingly high, it can actually harm communities. Studies show that black communities have the highest number of people incarcerated in their neighborhoods since the 1980s. Some of these crimes have been wrongful convictions or misdemeanors. After returning from incarceration, most people return to their original neighborhoods poor and with no help to re-enter society. Oftentimes, individuals fall back into their drugs and alcoholic behavior. Communities are composed of individuals, and jails affect individuals not only physically but mentally - destroying communities in the process.

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How can people of color who has been incarcerate be integrated back into their communities?

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Although education may be beneficial to people that have been incarcerated...

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Although education may be beneficial to people that have been incarcerated...

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The article states that all records should be cleared on common app. How would people feel if they were around a person that committed a very serious crime? What if the person was a murderer, sex offender, etc? The article also states how education can turn a persons life around.

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How can the criminal justice system better protect African Americans?