Satire blog post

The satirical article I chose to use was one called " People are Dying to get in" by Hannah Good. It starts off by including some statistics about crime rates increasing in the united states. It also states how the jails are filling up with the major offenders like murderers, rapists and serial killers, but the real criminals are slipping under the radar. The shop lifters out in the open are causing much more harm than a rapists in jail. Many people like Hannah Good believe that we should be cracking down on these criminals committing petty crimes.

In 2013 it appeared as if the people in favor of cracking down on these petty criminals got their wish, more than 3,000 petty criminals got life sentences for their crimes. But as the jails started overflowing, paroles were given out like free ice cream in the summer, and once again, the only people in jail were the murderers, serial killers and rapists. Hannah Good believes that with every step forward, they are taking two steps back, and that eventually even the worst offenders will be released on parole.

What makes this article satirical is Hannah Good's inclusion of ridicule towards the governing system of the jails, including her comment about handing out paroles like free ice cream on a hot summers day. She also makes it humorous by repeating the word petty, and saying some of the stupidest crimes like robbing a store right next to a police station.