University of Phoenix Criminal Justice Administration CJA 453 Juan Campos February 5‚ 2009War on Drugs and Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is a major problem1in our criminal justice system and it continues to bea hotly debated topic as to how we should address the problem. One of the main reasons our prison systems have a problem with overcrowding is drugs. More specifically‚ the "war on drugs" started by President Reagan in 1982 brought a dramatic increase1to the number of people put behind
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Prison Overcrowding in California Jeffrey Shaw CJA/564 Josette Ford May 6‚ 2013 The California prisons have been crowded for decades. This cannot continue to go on. One of the reasons that the prisons are overcrowded is because of the types and lengths of sentences. Other reasons why the prisons are overcrowded is because many of the prisoners are there on non-violent crimes. Also many of the sentences are for smaller crimes. The one recent event that is dealing with this problem is release
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. Prison overcrowding has been a continuous problem within our prison system‚ and a solution has yet to be assured. The amount of prisoners incarcerated behind bars has to be reduced and these changes will affect sentencing‚ and ultimately our society. Overcrowding at federal prisons is seriously jeopardizing the safety and security of guards and inmates. The ratio of guards to inmates is at about ten to one‚ and this is a major security risk for the correctional officers. Meanwhile‚ inmates are
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Introduction The overcrowding of prisons have become drastically overcrowded over the past years. The overcrowding of prisons have created a dangerous environment for the inmates. Being a growing concern‚ we want to look into the underlying problems that overcrowd prisons. Summary For this document analysis I chose took into and evaluate mass incarceration or as we call it- prison overcrowding. The documentary I watched and will be writing about was on “Mass incarceration in the united states”
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There have been numerous suggestions to try and help with jail and prison overcrowding. Some of these solutions are known as front-door solutions while others are known as back door solutions. Front door solutions to prison overcrowding are frequently directed at prosecutors and judges and the way that they handle offenders before and during sentencing. “Some observers suggest greater use of diversion and/or assignment to community service agencies‚ where some offenders may bypass the criminal justice
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In this discursive essay‚ I’m going to be writing about how bad the British prison system has become and what the government should do to fix it. Overcrowding is the main problem in many prisons across the country‚ causing serious criminals to be mixed with smaller criminals. Because prisons are expensive and take a while to build‚ overcrowding occurs as many prisons as they aren’t designed to hold as many inmates because some cells are built to only hold up to a maximum of two people. However
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priority. As stated by Schmitt et al. (2010)‚ “the financial costs of our corrections policies are staggering”. The following alternatives focuses on ways of reducing overcrowding in prisons system. Given the advantages and disadvantages of these alternatives‚ this plan to assist policymakers and practitioners to tackle overcrowding in a systematic and affordable way. The results should help to ensure that incarceration is only used when proportionate to the offence committed and where there are no
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contributed to overcrowding of prisons across America. In order to ease the overcrowding in prisons‚ rehabilitation through court sentenced drug treatment programs is a practical and economical alternative. Assigning offenders to applicable drug treatment programs would decrease overcrowding caused by drug offenses‚ lower recidivism rates‚ and provide savings for the criminal justice system. By placing drug offenders in a treatment program‚ prisons would see some relief from overcrowding. As a result
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what causes the overcrowding lawsuits from inmates‚ the factors are prison admissions‚ prison releases‚ spending on prison capacity‚ prison crowding‚ and incarceration rates. Guetzhow et al.‚ (2015) found that the overcrowding of prison litigations did not have an impact on admissions or release dates‚ but increased the spending on prison capacity and incarceration. Meaning that the litigation impacted the decisions to use money to expand the capacity of prisons. Prison overcrowding can be impacted
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Recommendations A potential resolution to the issue of jail overcrowding is the end of mandatory sentencing for minor offenses. Despite the fact that the alternative requires a great deal of influence to convince Congress to eliminate this law; the termination of mandatory sentencing will majorly affect prison overcrowding. Indeed‚ even those these wrongdoers have carried out an unlawful activity‚ imprisonment may not generally be the best choice. Alternative programs that encourage the wrongdoers
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