the United States. As per‚ Issues and Controversies‚ “The United States has only 5 percent of the world’s population‚ but holds 25 percent of the world’s prisoners”. (“Mandatory Minimum”) Housing the growing prison population is putting a strain on the federal government’s budget‚ costing roughly $80 billion a year. (“Mandatory Minimum”) Crime rates are down‚ but prison populations are a growing concern. In light of these facts‚ lawmakers need to explore ways of reducing crime that does not involve
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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 increase to the number of people put behind bars for drug offences. Mandatory minimum sentencing and truth in sentencing are two policies which have sent drug offenders to prison and kept them there for longer periods of time. The continuing crusade against drugs has apprehended hundreds of thousands of suspects who spend millions on drugs but
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faster than other offense types‚ the underlying behavior appears to have experienced little impact. Due to todays new consciousness about the unfairness and effectiveness of harsh crack cocaine mandatory sentences has emerged among policy makers and the United States Sentencing Commission. These unfair sentencing laws‚ have a dramatic effect on the cause of overcrowding in prisons for decades.
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controversial ballot initiative. Proposition 184‚ also known as the three strikes and you ’re out law‚ was passed on November 9‚ 1994. Under this new legislation repeat offenders‚ upon committing their third felony offense‚ will be sentenced to a mandatory twenty-five years to life in prison(California 667). The initiative passed by a landslide‚ with 76% of the voters in favor of it. The State Senate soon after voted the bill into law‚ with only seven members voting against it. The three strikes
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spawned this (Allen‚ 2008). Because of this perspective the prison system in America is in need of serious reorganization. Since 1980‚ most states have one or more of their prisons or the entire system under orders from the federal courts to maintain minimum constitutional standards (Stewart‚ 2006). The fiscal effects of trying to support such a system must not been fully felt on our society‚ and the problem of keeping humanitarian and sufficient conditions in the prisons is equally problematic (Camp
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Why We Need Tougher DUI Laws in The United States There are many reasons that the laws for DUI need to be tougher in The United States of America. The ones that are of greatest concern are the death rates due to DUI offenses‚ the cost of these offenses and the repeat offender rate. The best way to combat these offenses is to make the fines larger‚ make the prison sentences stricter and make it harder for the offender to get their license reinstated after an arrest for DUI. The law for DUI’s is
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Racial Disparities in America’s Judicial System The mandatory imprisonment policies written for the judicial system are creating disparity of minority inmate population primarily due to non-violent drug crimes and the unjust mandatory minimum sentencing laws. America’s prisons are the most populated in the world‚ and they are disproportionately populated by minorities due to the set of mandatory imprisonment policies set in place. Over the past five decades‚ the disparity between races has widened
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color are sentenced to mandatory jail terms more than any other race. Carrillo‚ Silvio. Should Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Laws be Repealed? 13 December 2000. 21 October 2010 http://speakout.com/activism/issue_briefs/1127b-1.html The author discusses the acts of 1986‚ which changed the law pertaining to the Anti-Drug Abuse act and the sentencing of violators. This article also examines the overcrowding of prisons related to mandatory sentencing. Caulkins‚ Jonathan
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author discusses the collective impact of justice involvement on communities of color and how recent social movements are challenging the issue of mass incarceration. Nicole D. Porter’s background includes managing The Sentencing Project’s state and local advocacy efforts on sentencing reform‚ voting rights‚ and eliminating racial disparities in the criminal justice system. The article stresses that the purpose of the movement is not to ignore or excuse criminal offences‚ but rather offers a new view
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Drug production and drug dealing today has become a substantial source of revenue. Whether for making up budget deficits or for the enrichment of certain individuals‚ population groups‚ firms or even countries‚ drugs are distributed worldwide. Drugs also involve economically marginalized sectors of the population‚ such as peasant producers or some small-scale drug dealers‚ criminal organizations or certain closely-knit sectors of society in the world of business or State institutions. The recycling
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