The world today is very caught up on equality. There is a common belief that all of the efforts to make everyone equal have paid off and everyone in this world has a fair chance at accomplishing great things. Unfortunately this belief is false. On the surface it looks as if any child in this world has the same chance at for example getting into college, getting a degree, and starting a career for themselves strictly based on their drive and motivation to achieve these things. It would be nice if this were true. As it turns out, ones future has a lot to do with their socio-economic status. The social class that you are in does have a strong effect on one’s future. Higher classes get treated better in society than lower classes. There have been numerous studies indicating this statement to be correct. In the article “The Right Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison," by Jeffery H. Reiman, talks about many studies showing that the criminal justice system is step up in a way to have a larger effect on lower class people than those in upper middle and high class social and economic statuses. Also in the documentary “Born Rich” there are many examples showing how our society is structured in a way to benefit the wealthy. In “The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison”, Reiman argues that the criminal justice system functions in a way to “weed out” the wealthy, thus giving advantages to the middle and upper classes. There are a couple key ways in which the systems functions in order to do this. One is that for the same offense, a poor person is more likely to be arrested and if arrested charged more than a middle or upper class person. Poor people are more likely to come to the attention of the police. Furthermore, the police are more likely to formally charge a poor person and release a higher-class person for the same offense. A study by a man named Gold showed that “boys who live in poorer parts of town and are apprehended