The Canadian justice system needs improvement; however, the way citizens are convicted and punished is systematic. In the article, Sapers questions the justice system's commitment to inclusion and social justice. He explains how “the Canadian prison system must address this cultural shift by introducing more culturally relevant programs, increasing staff who speak languages other than English and French, and recommending that ethnic liaison officers be placed in Canadian institutions” (Barrett, 4) . These programs are desired; on the contrary, it should be noted that the intention of prison is to strip a person of their deviant self and rehabilitate them into an individual who is less likely to deviate in society. For this reason, placing these programs in detention centers would effectively defeat the purpose of prison. Welcoming these prisoners; they will never learn anything from their shortcomings and will always depend on prison to sustain them. That said, inmates should not be thrilled with the idea of being in prison and do everything they can to ensure they never return once they have served their sentence. Another key point is that if these programs were implemented to make imprisonment a more pleasant place, prisoners would not want to leave and would deviate more to get a longer sentence. This will result in more Canadian tax money dissipating because there will be more people in isolation. Instead, these programs could be deployed across Canadian society for people who actually need them. Prisoners of all races have given up their freedom in Canada as soon as they commit a crime and they shouldn't have to
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