Idea for Object

My idea for the Object project is gong to be about How ineffective the Criminal Justice system is in this country and how the system wastes time by lengthy court cases and processing people into the system.  This issue has had a lot of media attention in recent months/years and also I feel strongly about both subjects. Personally I think that currently the system just does not work and more emphasis should be focused on being more time efficient to deliver swifter justice. Also I and my Family have had personal experience with the legal and courts system. 

Contextual Research 

Edmund Clark 

Tayrn Simon 

In this series "The Innocents" Simon documents the stories of Individuals who served their time in prison for crimes they did not commit. This questions photography's function as a credible eyewitness. Simon photographed these men at sites that had particular significance to their wrongful convictions. These sites were either the supposed scene of the crime, arrest or alibi. Simon confronts photography's ability to blur truth and fiction that can have lethal consequences. This series has a really dark and unsettling feeling to it which makes the viewer engage with the photograph more and when looking at the series I have a deep feeling of empathy towards the men for the injustice that had befallen them. Simon relates to my project because of the context behind her work about Justice not being delivered. 

Articles 

The Independent:  

Is the criminal Justice System Fair?

The Telegraph:

"Old Lags" will help prisoners to turn their back on crime

The Guardian:

The Criminal Justice System is in Crisis