When a crime has been committed people want justice,
so the criminal is caught and put to jail for the wrong that was done and that
is the end of it. What people do not realize is what happens to the convicted
person after jail time. What about the family that is left behind when a mother
is incarcerated? How do inmates who have seen the error of their ways
transition out of the system? Dana Ullman, a freelance photographer from New
York, opened the eyes of her viewers in her photos of women after they were
released from prison. Her photographs tell a story of the women that were
institutionalized and their difficulty in transitioning out of prison.
In picture two can see a woman returning
home after what seemed like a difficult day by the amount of worry and utter
defeat in the woman’s face. One can see
the melancholy facial expression and the tired body language from a possible
long day of rejection after rejection from employers. Without a job it is
impossible for this woman to provide for herself which could possibly cause her
to return to crime ultimately getting her arrested again. In picture four a woman is standing in front of a store looking as if overwhelmed or confused
as of what she should do. This could have been from being institutionalized at
a young age when she had not yet developed shopping skills.
Being institutionalized hinders many women from
functioning like everyone else outside of prison like finding a job or being
able to shop for the necessities for their children. People may think that if
the consequences are too great then the criminal shouldn't have done the crime
in the first place. What people may also be unaware of is that people can get
arrested for something as small as property and drug crimes. So is this really
justice if the innocent is also punished.
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