How do you decide who goes to prison and who doesn’t?You can only have so many people in a prison at once‚ so you have to decide who goes in and who stays out. Overcrowded prisons can be a safety hazard to the prisoners and also it costs taxpayers to keep them there. there are two groups of people. Let’s imagine this scenario: One group of 20 people‚ Group A is going to trial for possession of an illicit substance. Another group‚ Group B also has 20 people going to trial except this time for murder
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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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Prisons are already filled beyond maximum capacity‚ and we continue to keep incarcerating more people. What can be done to end the problem of prison overcrowding and maintain the safety of the public? I chose this topic because I wanted to shine a light on what I consider to be an injustice. I believe that the criminal justice system needs a complete overhaul. When I chose this topic‚ I wasn’t fully aware of the mandatory sentencing guidelines or how harsh they were. I always believed that judges
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Prison systems have used an immense amount of capital to fund recreation for inmates. America uses more than $74 billion annually for recreation and the upholding of prisons (Godard‚ 2005). There is a push for the economics of prison recreation to be further analyzed to evaluate the pros and cons of enhanced funding. In America‚ more inmates being admitted to prison brings forth larger revenue for contracted businesses such as construct facilities‚ security‚ transportation‚ and other livelihood
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The chart provides three alternative strategies of intervention to solve overcrowding prison‚ it was then isolated into four unique categories: Effectiveness. Equity‚ Political Acceptability and Financial Feasibility. Effectiveness: represent the option that would be the best in giving a solution to the overcrowding issue (Bardach‚ 2012‚ p. 50-52). Equity: represent the alternative that will that will most profit both the detainees and the general public (Bardach‚2012‚ pg36). Political Acceptability:
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INTRODUCTION The Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) of 2010 (Public Law 111-220) was an act by Congress‚ and became law on August 3‚ 2010 ( ). The FSA intent is to reduce the gap between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to initiate federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio. The FSA also eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for the possession of crack cocaine (Reid 2012). The FSA replaced the controversial Anti-Drug Abuse
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The United States have the highest number of incarcerations in the world. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics The United States has 2.3 million people incarcerated and China’s estimated prison population totals to 1.6 million. Instead of The United States incarcerating so many people they should focus on providing rehabilitation to prevent re-offenders. Rehabilitation is the re-integration into society of a convicted person and the main objective of modern penal policy‚ to counter criminal
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model are pretrial release‚ plea bargaining/sentencing negotiations‚ sentencing‚ self-development/perpetration for reentry while prison‚ release after serving sentence‚ and parole provocation. The plan is devised to be implemented at any stage at which a person is released as well as during the sentencing phase. If a defendant is released prior to trial the reentry plan would be used to help reintegrate the person at that point if sentenced to jail or prison time and not immediately released the plan
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Introduction There are currently over 2.2 million inmates in the American prison system (The Sentencing Project). This is of notable significance because it is a huge percentage of our country’s population especially when compared to other countries around the world. The United States of America accounts for approximately 5% of the overall world population‚ however‚ its citizens make up 25% of world prisoners (NAACP). I wanted to explore how people viewed this issue and what factors determine differentiating
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The biggest problem in America is overcrowded prisons. But how do we fix that? For several prisons have been lacking space for prisoners. America needs to build more prisons because of conditions‚ population‚ and fair treatment. America needs to build more prisons because of conditions. A facility outside of San Diego was large‚ open‚ and very well lit; the only problem was that inmates were everywhere and crammed with double bunks. Pete Gallagher who lived in building 13 watched the conditions
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