We ask, you answer – Volume 49 Issue 5
“What is a problem in society you think needs to be addressed?”
“I think a problem in our society is healthcare. Necessary drugs, such as insulin, cost way too much, and the [price] should be brought down.” – junior Ian Stein
“A problem in our society is pay inequality. I still believe that the pay gap is very prominent, especially in male-dominated fields.” – senior Kellie Peters
“I think that climate change should be addressed, especially the Willow Project. We aren’t doing something about [climate change] soon or quick enough to actually make a difference.” – freshman Emma Gatz
“I think the biggest social problem is [a lack of] education in areas that are not as well off as others. There, the graduation rates are much lower, and people are not getting the education they deserve because of the area they grew up in.” – senior Ethan Nitsche
Name: Lyla Christakes
Position: Advice Editor & Co-Broadcast Manager
Graduation Year: 2023
A Few Sentences About...
![When I chose to take a tour of the Old Joliet Prison in Joliet, IL, I had no idea what I was walking into. I’ve heard of multiple paranormal events happening here, but I was more interested in how a prisoner lived. I wanted to feel their hopelessness and wanted to understand what it must have been like to sit in an empty cell and yearn for sunlight.
The Old Joliet Prison is a daunting structure that appears, seemingly, out of nowhere. When driving to the prison, it isn’t until someone is a few feet away that they see the large walls and barbed wire. Just driving past it, they can feel a change in the atmosphere.
When a prisoner is being driven there, they don’t know how close they are. They are driving through a suburban neighborhood before they reach a small unassuming bridge. Yet, as soon as they go under the bridge and back into the sunlight, they finally see the prison and know that as soon as they go in, they will never come out.
“In 1878, the Prison was filled well over capacity with nearly 2,000 inmates,” according to jolietprison.org, a website that tells the history of the prison and allows for you to sign up for tours. “[There were] reports of unsanitary and dangerous conditions emerged.”
Throughout the state, people knew the allegations that staff was abusing the prisoners as well as killing them. Once a prisoner was told that they were going to Old Joliet Prison, they knew that it was a death sentence](https://kanelandkrier.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/prison1.jpg)
