Argumentative Essay On Education Vs Incarceration
Education vs Incarceration The American government is spending too much of American Citizens' tax money by providing a “home” for prisoners and not the same amount on current education. The government provides food and a place to sleep for those whom have decided to make wrongful choices, but cannot provide new textbooks or even technology to schools that need them. Instead, some schools are torn down in order to create another detention area. The budgets between education and prisons are not should not be equal. The education systems deserves more than disciplinary area because of the people that are involved. Prisons are full of those who have chosen to make a wrong choice, knowing their consequence. Educators have a chance to change the
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Further research into these ten states led to finding out that California is the state that has made the most dramatic budget difference. “The state spent $9.6 billion on prisons in 2011, but just $5.7 billion on high education. Overall, the state spends $8,667 for each student, but about $50,000 per inmate, per year. And in the last 30 years, California has built one new college campus, but 20 new prisons” ( http://www.onlinedegrees.org/10-states-that-spend-more-on-prisons-than-education/). How can the government afford to build and employ twenty new detention areas but not contribute the same amount or even an effort towards education? Higher education requires more studies and higher level professors who know what they will be teaching in their courses. College students deserve the best because they are the future of America and the government should not let them down by paying more attention, and money, to those who have committed crimes and have chosen a problematic life. Compared to Washington, California spends a fortune on their prison systems. “Washington State spends a pretty generous amount on public school students, with a $1.5 billion budget and a per-student expenditure of about $6,500. But compared to what the state spends on inmates, it’s just a drop in the
Further research into these ten states led to finding out that California is the state that has made the most dramatic budget difference. “The state spent $9.6 billion on prisons in 2011, but just $5.7 billion on high education. Overall, the state spends $8,667 for each student, but about $50,000 per inmate, per year. And in the last 30 years, California has built one new college campus, but 20 new prisons” ( http://www.onlinedegrees.org/10-states-that-spend-more-on-prisons-than-education/). How can the government afford to build and employ twenty new detention areas but not contribute the same amount or even an effort towards education? Higher education requires more studies and higher level professors who know what they will be teaching in their courses. College students deserve the best because they are the future of America and the government should not let them down by paying more attention, and money, to those who have committed crimes and have chosen a problematic life. Compared to Washington, California spends a fortune on their prison systems. “Washington State spends a pretty generous amount on public school students, with a $1.5 billion budget and a per-student expenditure of about $6,500. But compared to what the state spends on inmates, it’s just a drop in the