On Friday, 20 April, the Year 11 Legal Studies students visited the Marngoneet Correctional Centre to obtain further knowledge on how the prison system operates as well as an understanding of how prisoners live under these conditions. We spoke to two panels of four prisoners who had been convicted of crimes ranging from drug offences and culpable driving to murder. We learned how everyday people could make simple misjudgements that could seriously impact their lives and others. From speaking to a man convicted of culpable driving resulting in death, we learnt how his mistake of believing that his “issues were the most important on that day” resulted in him being sentenced to six years imprisonment. Through this experience we learnt how important rehabilitation is to ensure prisoners don’t reoffend and can get their lives back on track. We believe this was a really rewarding experience that we would recommend to future legal studies students.
