Popular culture has shaped peoples views on institutions. The media's exposure to the public is well needed due to the simple fact that only small percentage of people deal with the justice system. 'Hurricane' by bob Dylan a 1970's protest song condemning the Justice system for the wrongful conviction of heavy weight boxer Rubin Carter. This media exposure drew so much attention to the case that the public demanded that the government re-evaluate the findings. Now as time goes many other people have given insight into this foreign world of paying for your crimes, whether it be a novel like Raw by Scott Monk, an article in the SMH or the movie American History X.
             The Media has had a huge impact on how society views the personal outcomes of an institution. The novel Raw by Scott Monk Challenges that all prison institutions are gaols. The Character Brett is sentenced to do 3 months in a detention centre called The Farm. The main goals of this institution is rehabilitation. Many of the young boys in this novel have committed crimes, the main issue is that they are still young and it isn't two late for them to choose to change. Societies bias toward anyone who has time in an institution is that they are criminals for life Raw challenges the reader to question this. In the novel societies bias is stereotyped in Caitlyns parents (Brett's girlfriend) - " we've warned you about talking with these... criminals". these are the words of Mr Douglas when he first meets Brett. This stereotype symbolises the difficulty that most previous inmates will have overcoming social prejudice. This media influence has help surface the rehabilitation and self discovery aspects of institutions and as Brett leaves the farm to face an uncertain future he states " he was young and he was going to start again".
             Despite negative Experiences in gaol prisoners can have transformed outlooks. The media help
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