The Pros And Cons Of The United States Prison System

The United states prisons have over 2.5 million inmates within their walls. The system has become strained with all the prisoners.There are people advocating for and against the prison system.The system has the good, the bad, and the ugly, but many people disagree on which one prevails. The Prison system has been under scrutiny for years. They have tried every way imaginable to keep the prison system from failing. Experts have come and observed our criminal system from all over the globe “Our prison system has always been a closed institution, and that very secrecy has intrigued visitors to our country” says an article in the magazine America called “Reforming the system: rehabilitation needs a chance”. The prison system has remained an intriguing issue. The prisons have been kept quiet and no one really knows about it outside the system. It has made the other counties curious about what we are doing. Later the article states, “ In the last 10 years US jail and prison populace has risen sharply”. There has been a huge jump of the amount of inmates in the criminal justice system.The systems need to find a good way to deal with the rise in inmates. The US criminal justice system has had years of controversy over their practices.
The criminal system has decreased the number of prisoners. By the viewpoint of Peter du Pont the number of prisoners have decreased because of the increased chance of being imprisoned, “The likelihood of serving prison time for committing a serious violent crime or burglary has increased substantially”. The crimes have become too risky to get caught. The system has successfully discouraged crime by increasing the prison time. Later in Mr. du Ponts opinion, he states ¨The FBI crime statistics show every category of violent crimes has decreased since 1993”. Crime is down in every category. The system has done something right to be alleviating some of the pressure on the