Prison reform

damaged psyche and a bleak future. This is the United States prison system and it is broken. To save the lives of countless people things must change. To create a better prison system and in turn a better society, the United States must reform its laws, fund rehabilitation…

For the past year, Alabama officials have been discussing ways to reduce overcrowding of prisons, and reform the entirety of state prisons. Early this year, Alabama created a bill that would reduce overcrowding and keep the prisons run on the state level. The senator of Alabama, Cam Ward, led the bill. In this bill, more than 100 parole officers would be hired to spread out and increase the supervision of inmates released. This bill would also limit incarceration time for non-violent…

Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prison and to find other ways for a penal system to be more effective without incarceration. Going to prison may have a negative impact on inmates and their transition back into their communities. According to the National Institute of Justice (2014), about 68% of prisoners go back to prison within 3 years of their release (National institute of justice, 2014). Prisoners do not have the proper education skills and training to re-enter…

The United States currently leads the world in its prison population. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the United States represents roughly five percent of the world 's population, but has over twenty percent of the world 's prison population. Surprisingly, the United States has seen a sharp decline in the annual crime rate since the late 1990s, but incarceration rates have steadily increased. Furthermore, the United States leads the developed world with its prisoner rate,…

To reform prisons we to make the prison system more humane. Prisoners inside are not treated as humans. A Netflix series, ‘Orange is the New Black” they are some scenes where they’ll put them in solitary confinement and treat them cruelly, then when they’ll come out of the solitary confinement after a long period of time the character would isolate and act differently throughout the show. The scenes are based on actual situations that happen in prison in the real world. Christina Sterbenz she…

see prisons more as a rehabilitation center and not as a bank. In the article” how for profit prisons have become the biggest lobby no one is talking about” stated, “What are criminal justice system needs is reform not incentive for expansion, we can't allow the profile ration of private prisons and their political influence to remain the most important issue that no one's talking about.” Why have more and more prisons filled if the same thing will occur in every single cell. If more prisons are…

There are more prisons than colleges in the United States. In the south, there are more people living in prison than on college campuses. How can this be? The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world with 707 adults per every 100,000 residents. To compare, the average rate is 100 adults per every 100,000 residents. (Ingraham) The number of the incarcerated is not stopping either. According to a 2012 Vera Institute of Justice study, within the last 4 decades the number…

Pressing for Prison Reform The prison system is just as corrupt as the prisoners inside them. We live in a world where it is deemed acceptable to punish a criminal by taking away their humanity, and only release them when they find it themselves. We must reform the flawed prison system; only then can we correct the criminal way of life. Today, it is not uncommon to hear intrusive and abhorrent events that happen behind bars, including excessive violence, sexual harassment, health violations,…

in her talk titled, “Beyond Reform: Abolishing Prison” speaks of the prison system, especially here in 21st century America, as something that is outdated and in need of abolishment. As opposed to mere reform of the prison system, for which there are many present day advocates, Maya Schenwar goes one step further in calling for a society that completely abolishes the prison apparatus as opposed to merely taking steps to improve the conditions of the prisoners, prisons and/or the overall legal…

Prison Reform: Avoid using Excessive Force and Establish Resources for Ex-offenders There are many problems with the United States criminal justice system. People of color are arrested more frequently than any other race. The majority of people of color that are arrested are poor. The poor people can not afford a paid attorney and end up with free legal aid attorneys. Legal aid attorneys usually advises arrestees to plead guilty. Arrestees are advised to plead guilty so the attorney can close…