One of the great dilemma’s currently affecting the prison systems is overpopulation‚ and the factors influencing it. America currently has one of the highest prison populations in the world‚ which causes immense overpopulation in both federal and state prisons‚ which in turn create high risk situations within the prisons. As a result‚ many programs and incentives have been created to reduce the recidivism rate for soon to be released inmates‚ many of the programs related to either gaining a higher
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studying in a separate country from the problematic United States‚ and not all prisoners are psychopaths‚ his thoughts could become helpful in prison overpopulation in the United States. Reisel explains that the criminals he studied had a deficiency in the part of the brain (Reisel‚ 2013). Prisons have been reforming around the world to cut overpopulation in the facilities and allow ex-inmates to become functioning members of society with different efforts put forth to rehabilitate the inmates‚ suggesting
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Today‚ it seems that people are coming way too fast and many already. Well‚ I say there’s no problem about it. No problem if these people are from other countries. But sad to say‚ the reality is‚ our nation‚ the Philippines has this problem. Overpopulation is and should be everyone’s concern. It’s not something that we should blame only on the poor or the government or especially only on those who have seemingly taken God’s directive to “go forth and multiply” to heart. It has been a politically
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also has enormous problems with overpopulation. The current population is over a billion‚ but India does not have the large land mass that China has. India is experiencing major problems with declining water tables due to over-extraction beyond sustainable yield. India is building desalination plants to solve this problem. Because India has the same population density as Japan‚ some have claimed that India’s poverty is caused by underdevelopment‚ not overpopulation. Increased depletion of natural
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Overpopulation in Cairo By Grant Lindgren‚ Daniel Jarosz‚ Ryan Petritis‚ Isaiah Carrington The problem in Cairo • Cairo‚ Egypt is completely overpopulated. People have to live in cemeteries from lack of housing. This causes a problem because of the close proximity‚ it is easier to catch and spread diseases and can lead to food shortages. The overpopulation is caused by 99% of Egypt being a desert and impossible to live in. This also causes a problem for the environment because the population
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Overpopulation in Africa No one likes to be stuck in a traffic jam. In the unfortunate case that drivers do get caught in heavy congestion‚ however‚ they may question where all of other drivers are travelling to‚ or where they are coming from. Some drivers may even suggest that there are too many people on the roads. On a much grander scale‚ some experts are suggesting that there are too many people in the world‚ and they are concerned that the population is growing too rapidly. Less than
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main sources of water pollution by 30.8%‚ according to Liu Shaojie vice director of the Population Commission in Henan‚ the most environmentally unstable province in China (Jonathan). The Chinese policy’s success can’t be used as evidence that overpopulation is the sole cause of the world’s environmental ills. As stated by Fred Pearce‚ a regular writer for The Guardian
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Topic: Population Growth and Economic Development ‘Poverty is not caused by overpopulation‚ overpopulation is caused by poverty’ Bangladesh is one of the poor countries with one of the highest population of the world. Is the country poor because of the huge number of people or the poverty itself is the reason behind the overpopulation? To answer this question‚ I have looked at the overall development condition and population of the world and tried to find the missing links between the two. First
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population explosion in India‚ and the increased population has led to many others consequences. Anyhow‚ steps are taken by the government of India to control this predicament. First and foremost‚ the high birth rate in India is the main root of the overpopulation. The high fertility rate is due to the impecunious of the country. To counter this‚ the nations give birth to more children‚ hoping that there will be more income resources. Besides‚ the people count upon that the survivability of their children
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look further into the area of birth control. Diving deeper into this topic I wanted to see if there were any other articles out there about this topic. I was fortunate enough to find another article from a reputable publication on the topic of overpopulation and sustainability. This article is in question and answer format and was published in The New York Times. "Talk to The Times: Environment Desk" published on Oct 12 included a question about the population problem. It even brought up the fact
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