The Problem Of Prison Overcrowding

Over the years prison overcrowding has been a major issue. Little has been done to resolve this but failed. Luckily there have been people who came up with solutions to this problem. One idea that has been that has been brought up was to replace mandatory sentencing laws with more flexible and individualized guidelines. state governments had enacted a mandatory sentencing statutes. These Mandatory sentencing laws like these limit judicial jurisdiction by preventing sentencing judges from considering a full range of mitigating factors in a defendant’s profile, such as the defendant’s role in the offense or likelihood of committing a future offense. Another idea would be to give prisoners a full year off their sentences for participation in