Would you break a person for money?

I exist in the measure that I exist for others, for after all to be is to love.
-Emmanuel Mounier

This week we watched an episode of Black Mirror called 'White Bear'. Throughout the episode I found the concept very interesting. It made me think of situations in todays world. But then at the end of it, I found it quite disturbing. To summarise, a girl wakes up in a room with amnesia. She starts walking around the house trying to remember who she is and where she is. She finds a picture of a girl and gets small flashbacks seeing that girls face. She decides to leave the house. There are people around her filming her but not talking to her or responding to her pleas. She gets chased by people in masks trying to kill her. A lady tries to help her. They go to a place called white bear station. It turns out that it was all a set up. She is in an almost theatrical play like situation, being punished because her and her former significant other kidnapped and murdered the girl in the photo. She didn't actually kill her but recorded it all. The situation is set up perfectly to punish her for her crime as a lot of similarities are created. At the end they erase her mind and the day begins again the same way. We can see from a calendar marked that this has been happening for a while.

Take a minute to really think about this. Over and over, day after day this woman is being psychologically tortured, for the amusement of others, and for the park to gain money. She claims that she was completely brain washed be her ex to commit the crime which can sound ridiculous to some but can be very real to someone else with a mental illness. Can this be considered justice? Or just malicious acts? We have to question if she learns any lesson. It would be near impossible because her mind is constantly erased. This is a terrible punishment but she forgets it each time. Therefore I think it is fair to say that this is just a money making torture scheme. To knowingly stand by and accept that someone is being tortured day in and day out is truly horrifying. If you take it upon yourself then to partake in the event you are in essence committing a crime against your humanity. Then we look at prison systems.

http://reverbpress.com/justice/want-prisons-punish-rehabilitate/
This link to an article summarises the issues in the prison systems in the US. As it is pointed out, rehabilitation programs are the first thing to go in budget cuts. As long as money is being made, the welfare of the people in those prisons is forgotten. And with rules like the three strike law, a lot of them are stuck in prison for years for such minuscule things. This just leads to flaws within the justice system. We act like we don't know the real situations in the prisons, but this is just a bystanders cop out. We know. Many just don't care enough to change it.

Sometimes it can be forgotten that those locked away are actual human beings. Not animals. Some yes have committed terrible crimes, but a lot also were in the wrong place at the wrong time or stole a loaf of bread because they were starving. They deserve programs to help them readjust into society when they get out. Many argue that breaking the law makes you a criminal regardless and you need to be punished. Lets think of how many college students for example drink under age. That is breaking the law, so would you say the same for that? Yes, some crimes are far worse, but I believe people(excluding the very serious crimes committed eg rape, murder etc) can change and be rehabilitated and benefit society.