The Role Of Reform In The Criminal Justice System
Reform in the Criminal Justice System
Reform is essential in order to improve over time. As the years go by change has to happen, to make old things better. Over the course of a few years, prison reform has been a favorable topic in politics, and just overall. Everybody has different opinions concerning this issue. Some people think that it is unnecessary, others believe that it is a crucial task to move forward. However, there are many problems concerning how effectively the prison system works. Currently in the criminal justice system, there are too many laws, prisons are overcrowding and there are plenty of prison alternatives to avoid some of these issues.
The most responsible culprit for the issue at hand is that there are an abundance …show more content…
After a while, Norris found out that he was suspected of being a so-called smuggler and the authorities had thought that he was trafficking illegal flowers into America. Norris was unaware that the people in Latin America, who had supplied Norris the orchids, had been irresponsible with their records. During the trial he pleaded innocent, however he was then charged with making a false statement to a government official, because an undercover agent had purchased orchids from Norris. Norris was also charged with conspiracy due to the fact that he had contacted the Latin American suppliers. The total time he was sentenced to was seventeen months in prison (“Too”1). Incidents like this is where people feel that the American Justice System takes things too far. Norris was unaware of what his suppliers were failing to document, so because of this he suffered for their mistakes. Was Norris completely innocent during this? Most likely not, but his punishment was far too harsh than it needed to be. America punishes their citizens more severely than any other wealthy country. “Between 2.3m and 2.4m Americans are behind bars, roughly every …show more content…
Prisons overcrowding is a major reason for the desire to reform America’s prison system. One man was put into solitary confinement for sneaking sleeping pills in the prison. He was there for seventy-one days, however, while he was there he had two room-mates (“Too”1).This is just one example that goes to show that prisons are getting extremely full. A risk that many are afraid of, when there is overcrowding, is there is the potential to violate the prisoner's rights. If there is overcrowding it is possible that there could be health violations and risks to inmates and guards. There are so many people in prison, most of whom could have been put into some type of prison
Reform is essential in order to improve over time. As the years go by change has to happen, to make old things better. Over the course of a few years, prison reform has been a favorable topic in politics, and just overall. Everybody has different opinions concerning this issue. Some people think that it is unnecessary, others believe that it is a crucial task to move forward. However, there are many problems concerning how effectively the prison system works. Currently in the criminal justice system, there are too many laws, prisons are overcrowding and there are plenty of prison alternatives to avoid some of these issues.
The most responsible culprit for the issue at hand is that there are an abundance …show more content…
After a while, Norris found out that he was suspected of being a so-called smuggler and the authorities had thought that he was trafficking illegal flowers into America. Norris was unaware that the people in Latin America, who had supplied Norris the orchids, had been irresponsible with their records. During the trial he pleaded innocent, however he was then charged with making a false statement to a government official, because an undercover agent had purchased orchids from Norris. Norris was also charged with conspiracy due to the fact that he had contacted the Latin American suppliers. The total time he was sentenced to was seventeen months in prison (“Too”1). Incidents like this is where people feel that the American Justice System takes things too far. Norris was unaware of what his suppliers were failing to document, so because of this he suffered for their mistakes. Was Norris completely innocent during this? Most likely not, but his punishment was far too harsh than it needed to be. America punishes their citizens more severely than any other wealthy country. “Between 2.3m and 2.4m Americans are behind bars, roughly every …show more content…
Prisons overcrowding is a major reason for the desire to reform America’s prison system. One man was put into solitary confinement for sneaking sleeping pills in the prison. He was there for seventy-one days, however, while he was there he had two room-mates (“Too”1).This is just one example that goes to show that prisons are getting extremely full. A risk that many are afraid of, when there is overcrowding, is there is the potential to violate the prisoner's rights. If there is overcrowding it is possible that there could be health violations and risks to inmates and guards. There are so many people in prison, most of whom could have been put into some type of prison