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    It’s no surprise that the correctional system in the United States could use a bit of a makeover. First off, the major increase of incarcerating inmates has now caused the issue of overcrowding prisons all over the United States, some reaching as high as 98% capacity. Secondly, there are too few rehabilitate and educational programs to help current and former criminals from returning to the system, therefore the number of people who are incarcerated each year far surpasses the number of inmates who

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    and industries and the American prison system is no different. Since America must provide housing for those who are incarcerated, they build one prison per week due to the increased rate of criminals (Franklin). Many peoples’ crimes do not fit their punishment and additionally the duration of the punishment does not match the crime committed. Why is that? The corruption of state and local governments have an incentive to maintain a certain population within prisons. This is a current conflict within

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    drink. Once she decided to leave the party a young man followed her and raped her in an alley. Two bikers were riding by and witnessed the action and put a stop to it. When he went to trial for the crime he’d committed he received only six months of jail time, but really just did three months. Criminals should get time based on what they kind of crime they commit and not the color his/ her skin. Back in the early to mid-50’s the case of a young boy by the name of Emmett Till who was taken out of his

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    Alternatives to Incarceration Ever since the first prison opened in the United States in 1790, incarceration has been the center of the nations criminal justice system. Over this 200 year period many creative alternatives to incarceration have been tried, and many at a much lower cost than imprisonment. It wasn’t until the late 1980’s when our criminal justice systems across the country began experiencing a problem with overcrowding of facilities. This problem forced lawmakers to develop

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    when a criminal is sentenced to prison, however; instead of serving all of their time they are released on parole. The people who determines when a prisoner should be released are called a parole board. Even though, someone is released on parole they can still go back to prison if they violate it. Probation is given to someone as a different alternative other than jail. Finally, parolees had been in jail or prison where as individuals who are on probation avoided a jail sentence. When an individual

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    Have you ever thought about how it feels to be in prison and have family on the outside who needs you? This is the reality that some people have to face. The Bureau of Justice and Statistics, has reported an estimated 809,800 prisoners of the 1,518,535 held in the nation’s prisons at midyear 2007 were parents of minor children, or children under age 18. As stated in the article between 1991 and midyear 2007, “parents held in state and federal prisons increased by 79% (357,300 parents). Children of

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    individuals with serious mental disorders like schizophrenia or bipolar disorders are often sent into prisons without proper diagnosis or any plan for treatment or medications (Ford, M. 2015, June 8). As a matter of fact, prisons are becoming heavily populated with people, who are in desperate need of professional psychiatric care. Regrettably, there is an overwhelming population of America’s jails mentally ill that are booked for minor offenses. When someone is diagnosed with acute mental illness

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    Stevenson visited the boy in the county jail. Charlie was going to be tried as an adult for murdering his mother’s boyfriend George after George had previously severely abused his mother. Related back to the quote from Mrs.Jennings, she talks about how if people don’t hope better for one another then they are surely doomed. Mr.Stevenson was not going to take Charlie’s case until he had knew that he had been sexually assaulted the nights before. Stevenson left the jail angry about what had happened and

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    face the first term, you will be worried about your chances of surviving in prison. It is natural that you need to be afraid; Everyone knows the jail is a tough, embarrassing and dangerous place. Most inmates have experience in a certain way. If you want to survive the constipation with your body, mind and spirit intact, you need to learn all you can about your inner life and how you behave behind the prison grid. The prison has its set of complex rules and code of conduct. Keeping breaks for a long

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    for heinous crime. However, the death penalty is legal in thirty-one states and has seen many complications. Some inmates on death row have been found innocent based on new evidence, as well as discovered how cost ineffective the treatment is. Harsh prison life is also argued to be worse than facing death for a crime. Many people on death row have been found innocent prior to their execution. Ha'im Al Matin Sharif was sentenced to the death penalty for a death he did not cause. He was charged with

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