Troy Kell Injustice In Prisons

The movie seemed very informational but, not just on Troy Kell’s personal situation, but the life of prisoners in general. Inmates pretty much have to fight for their right to survive on a daily basis; and in a world where “justice” doesn’t mean as much as it does for a person not in prison but, it can’t be easy as well. A lot of inmates aren’t ready for the reality of prison life when they first arrive, so they’re easily manipulated and molded into a person you don’t want to be. What you do and who you are associated with makes all the difference. The video also shows how one mistake can lead you down a long path of bad decisions, and ultimately cost you your life. Almost like a form of general deterrence in a sense, a reality check is what …show more content…
The word “Inmate code” is nothing serious but just an unwritten code that perceived a way of how life is for Inmates or prisoners. If you want to survive in prison, you would for sure want to abide by this code and act accordingly in order to avoid unnecessary confrontations or issues with other inmates so you won’t put yourself in more danger as it is in prison. When Troy Kell arrived to the prison, he knew it from the jump that he was going to enter as a man and he was going to leave out of prison the way he was when he entered. Kell wasn’t for sure going to be anyone’s toy or fall victim to the system, like as many other prison newbies do when they first arrive. When it was time for him to fight, he fought and the way Kell carried himself in prison, it caught the eye of the older inmates. The particular inmates Kell met, took him under their wings and taught him everything that he would need to know about surviving in prison or what the text refers to as the “Inmate Code.” With the help and guidance from the older inmates, Troy gradually climbed rank and was no longer someone to fight …show more content…
Mental issues and emotional issues stemming from his abusive father, not having his mother around is a lot on someone, and certain things like that from his childhood. And really those issues isn’t what led to him to killing Lonnie Blackmon or what led to him being an Aryan white supremacist. He was influenced by his environment not because of other non-situational things. Being taken in by the groups of men he was sheltered by in prison changed who Troy really was when he first entered prison. Prison made him a killer that would kill before being killed. Also the oppression of the system had a lot to do with his hostility. There is a fundamental of attribution error, because an internal factors such as his childhood and his beliefs on African Americans isn’t what made him commit a brutal murder, but that’s what was so assuming about this movie. If inmates lives didn’t operate on survival guides things would be okay but no, and if Kell had never met the group of men that he met, he may or may not had never came in contact with Lonnie let alone killed him. At the end of the day sometime you have to understand what you have done even if it wasn’t about someone racial status or whatever it is about that person. One thing I learned about this video is that not everyone thinks the same way some people do,