Prison Overcrowding Sherita Bowens American Intercontinental University April 24‚ 2010 Abstract Prison overcrowding is one of the many different problems throughout the world that law enforcement faces. Prison overcrowding not only affects those in law enforcement‚ it also affects the taxpayers in the community as well. The problem of overcrowded prisons is being handled in many different ways. Some of these ways have been proven to be sufficient and successful while others have not been
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in American Jails and Prisons: An Overview of the Issue and Possible Solutions The issue of overcrowding in American jails and prisons is not unheard of. It is frequently discussed amongst politicians and American citizens alike. This is a controversial issue considering the large number of different opinions many people have. Though the issue is certainly acknowledged‚ it is rare that a feasible solution is discussed. According to Vincent Tompkins‚ one of the many editors in American Decades
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The use of private prisons are worth more than 70 billion dollars. The idea of private prisons came across in the United States in the early 1980’s. Although many people want to ban private prisons the United States should keep private prisons because of money‚ treatment‚ and economy. To begin‚ the use of private prisons save the state money‚ Private prisons allow the state to save money‚ Public prison endorse money from the state‚ on the other hand private institutions do not. “Ira P. Robbins
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People with disabilities are significantly overrepresented in the nation’s prisons and jails today. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that fully 1 in 5 prison inmates have a serious mental illness (Vallas‚ 2016). As a result of this increase in population‚ these facilities are inadequately funded and staffed to provide mental health treatment to prisoners who are sentenced as a result of their mental illnesses (Gilna‚ 2016). North Carolina is one state that is addressing this issue. In 2014
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Controlling gangs in prison is not and has never been an easy task. No strategy is possible to eliminate the vice totally. However‚ some strategies have proved to control prison gangs to a large extent. The main strategy is the one that was applied in the state of Texas in 1990s. In the strategy‚ confirmed gang members were isolated in separation wings and/or prison units‚ along with other intransigent inmates who balked at the institutional regime. Through intelligence-gathering and suppression
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justice system has a multitude of options when dealing with those who are convicted of offenses. Prison is not for everyone. Some get convicted; serve their time‚ and when released back out to society‚ they stay out. Unfortunately‚ many convicted felons become repeated offenders. Is Prison beneficial‚ and an effective form of Rehabilitation‚ or just the proper way for punishment?
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Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is a problem largely attributed to the increase of drug convictions. Decades of tough-on-crime laws coupled with minimal financing for treatment programs have left prisons overcrowded and under funded. With the advent of crack cocaine and the response of a scared nation President Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs in 1982 (Clear‚ Cole‚ & Reisig‚ 2009). In 1987 congress implemented mandatory minimum sentencing effectively increasing the time
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Gregory Inmates and Prisons Paper Week 4 -CJAD 320-E1WW February 2‚ 2013 Imprisoning drug offenders may resonate with some who think prison is the only way to make their communities safer‚ at least while they are incarcerated. Yet‚ the overwhelming majority of drug prisoners will come back out eventually to rejoin society‚ many within just a few years or even months. Most drug prisoners will return to the community after a couple of years away‚ and will then return to prison because we have not
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Nothing says “female empowerment” like women using capitalism to cash in on female empowerment; otherwise known as the American Girl phenomenon. American Girl dolls came about in 1986 when a Midwestern woman sought to create a better female role model than the bodacious Barbie. The original American Girl dolls had a deep impact on the developmental years of thousands of young girls who grew up in the nineties. Samantha‚ Kirsten‚ and Molly were the original three dolls. Each doll was accompanied with
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Three inmates could be released from prison today. Two of them will end up right back in the system within three years. This statistic should be enough to conclude that America’s prison systems are failing miserably with the rehabilitation of inmates. How is it plausible for every correctional facility to think isolation‚ segregation‚ and overcrowding could possibly benefit the crime rate? Instead of converting these inmates into proper citizens‚ the system has found ways to hold them down. To suppress
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