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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America has the highest prison population in the world‚ totaling to over 2.2 million people. That’s higher than the population of New Mexico. As for the reason why‚ the War on Drugs plays a big role‚ but For-profit prisons take the cake. For-profit prisons‚ also referred to as private prisons‚ are third-party prisons that are contracted by a government agency. Private prisons originally began to exist in a variety of forms in the 1800’s‚ however they largely disappeared from the 1920’s to the 1980’s
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Prison Overcrowding Nicole Galarza Student DeVry University Abstract Prison recidivism continually grows in the United States‚ resulting in prison overcrowding. The government struggles to find ways to address the conditions in prisons‚ researcher have begun to look at alternatives to placing offenders in the system. These alternatives can result in lowering crime rate‚ recidivism and the overall prison population. The numbers of people in the United States that have spent time in prison causes
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Would you believe me if I told you that prisons were originally built to reform prisoners? With they way the criminal justice system works and how high the rates of mass incarceration are‚ in today’s day and age‚ I‚ myself‚ would not believe that prisons were built with a positive outcome in mind. If someone would have told me that in the eighteen hundreds prison were used as a place to reform individuals‚ I would have given them a nasty looking face full of disbelief. But now that I have this information
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United States‚ the government preaches equality for all‚ while in upholding a system that discriminates against almost everyone that is not white‚ or not male. Packing prisons in the United States is second nature‚ since the presidency of Ronald Reagan‚ the populations in prisons have increase at least 400%. And when talking about the prison system in the U.S.‚ there has to be a conversation about race‚ because the prison system systematically targets people of color. U.S. soil bleeds racism‚ from the
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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 private prisons industry is growing rapidly‚ in the year 2011‚ companies that were a part of the private prison industry brought in "$1.7 billion: [in] total revenue recorded by CCA" (Lee) and many have questioned the intentions of the companies that own and operate those facilitates. The history of private prisons can be traced "as far back as 1852 when San Quentin was the first for-profit prison in the U.S." (“Private Jails”). Private prisons did not become popular again until the 1980s‚ when
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become successful. Strengths and Limitations Current research regarding overcrowding in prisons and jails is relatively limited in its scope. Most research focuses on only prisons and is primarily quantitative research. Quantitative research is incapable of examining personal opinions of inmates who serve time in overcrowded institutions; and ask whether or not inmates accredit their failure to rehabilitate to overcrowding. Qualitative research would help better understand how inmates perceive
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offenders on probation or parole face are great in number and size. Each criminal faces different hurdles based on their demographic‚ gender‚ length of stay‚ individual background‚ racial background‚ offense history‚ and the strength of their support system upon release. I believe that reentry is a realistic expectation; however‚ we must consider each case and focus on the support provided the offender as they enter back into a society that has shunned them. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics
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Administration first opened Guantanamo Prison in 2002 in Cuba. They have kept terrorists their for about fourteen years. However‚ during Obama’s presidency‚ He “ [h]as tried for years to close the U.S. military-run detention facility at Guantanamo Bay‚ Cuba‚ and incarcerate terrorism suspects in the United States‚” (Marshall‚ 793). The current issue with Guantanamo is if it should be shut down or not. Yes‚ it does need to be shut down. The Guantanamo prison needs to be shut down due to its ability
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