Life in the Prison System
Connor Moroney
Mr. Heitz
College Writing
6 May 2013
Life in the Prison System
Prison is a place that nobody wants to be. Its a place which can hold anyone who has committed a crime no matter how serious. There are many different crimes that can land you in prison and unfortunately so many people have committed these crimes that our prisons are becoming overpopulated. These prisons all have different severities which the prisoners are to serve. Some prisons are meant to break you as to others which only serve as rehabilitation facilities.
“The United States has among the highest incarceration rates in the world. More people are behind bars in the United States than any other country. As of 2006, a record seven million people were behind bars, on probation or on parole. Of the total, 2.2 million were incarcerated. The People's Republic of China ranks second with 1.5 million. The United States has 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's incarcerated population.” (Vincent J De Maille)
The growing number of incarcerations in the US is the reasoning for the overpopulation of inmates in the prisons. Many people are attempting the think outside of the box to solve this dilemma, one of these people, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, has successfully made a new type of prison which consists of a city of tents.
There are many different types of prisons, theres minimum security, close security, maximum security, supermax, and federal prisons. Each of these prisons widely verry by the amount of interactions with other prisoners to the security which is present.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a long history of law enforcement. He served in the army 1950-1953, was a police officer for nearly five years, was a federal narcotics agent, and ended his career as the head of DEA of Arizona. He runs a prison which is one of a kind, it is made of tents and is nicknamed “tent city”. Tent city was established in 1993 and has a maximum capacity of 2000 inmates.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is
Mr. Heitz
College Writing
6 May 2013
Life in the Prison System
Prison is a place that nobody wants to be. Its a place which can hold anyone who has committed a crime no matter how serious. There are many different crimes that can land you in prison and unfortunately so many people have committed these crimes that our prisons are becoming overpopulated. These prisons all have different severities which the prisoners are to serve. Some prisons are meant to break you as to others which only serve as rehabilitation facilities.
“The United States has among the highest incarceration rates in the world. More people are behind bars in the United States than any other country. As of 2006, a record seven million people were behind bars, on probation or on parole. Of the total, 2.2 million were incarcerated. The People's Republic of China ranks second with 1.5 million. The United States has 5% of the world's population and 25% of the world's incarcerated population.” (Vincent J De Maille)
The growing number of incarcerations in the US is the reasoning for the overpopulation of inmates in the prisons. Many people are attempting the think outside of the box to solve this dilemma, one of these people, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, has successfully made a new type of prison which consists of a city of tents.
There are many different types of prisons, theres minimum security, close security, maximum security, supermax, and federal prisons. Each of these prisons widely verry by the amount of interactions with other prisoners to the security which is present.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio has a long history of law enforcement. He served in the army 1950-1953, was a police officer for nearly five years, was a federal narcotics agent, and ended his career as the head of DEA of Arizona. He runs a prison which is one of a kind, it is made of tents and is nicknamed “tent city”. Tent city was established in 1993 and has a maximum capacity of 2000 inmates.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio is