Introduction As we know the United States has a major prison problem, the United States accounts for only 5% of the world’s population but responsible for over 20% of the world’s prison population (Mass Incarceration in the USA, 2015). Since the 1980’s incarceration rates have tripled since the tough on crime campaign (Wyler, 2014). One out every 100 is a person behind bars, the United States has more prisons than colleges. This should tell us something how are prisons more important than education, this is a problem within itself. Our criminal justice system rather pay to house individuals but not pay for individuals to further their education. Mass incarceration acts as racial caste system, Alexander states our current system act as “a set
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If we make them feel comfortable and treat them instead pf just punishing them we will create better citizens and reentry rates will be lower. Another way to reduce mass incarceration from implementing this model will be changing the philosophy; our sentencing guidelines need to be reduced the maximums and minimums we have need to reformed. As mention by the U.N. Human Rights Committee, they have called for a reform of mandatory statues of the Fair Sentencing Act (Mass Incarceration in the USA, 2015). If the strict sentencing guidelines are changed we will not have a problem with mass incarceration. If the United States follow these steps I believe prison rates will decrease, by this happening we can spend less money on prisons and more on college educations which the money will be better spent. The success of this model implemented will be decrease in crime rates and reentry rates; people becoming better citizen of society because of the treatment given while inside. A challenge will be more money spending on building the prison, I believe it will balance out because less individuals will be in prison so there will not be a lot of inmates to pay for, this money can go to building the prison. By banning capital punishment and life sentencing money can be save, The U.S. spends millions of dollars housing low entry drug offenders that has life in prison because of the 3 strikes law whereas if we ban those sentencing guideline we can save. By the U.S. taking these steps it will make our penal system much better and cost
If we make them feel comfortable and treat them instead pf just punishing them we will create better citizens and reentry rates will be lower. Another way to reduce mass incarceration from implementing this model will be changing the philosophy; our sentencing guidelines need to be reduced the maximums and minimums we have need to reformed. As mention by the U.N. Human Rights Committee, they have called for a reform of mandatory statues of the Fair Sentencing Act (Mass Incarceration in the USA, 2015). If the strict sentencing guidelines are changed we will not have a problem with mass incarceration. If the United States follow these steps I believe prison rates will decrease, by this happening we can spend less money on prisons and more on college educations which the money will be better spent. The success of this model implemented will be decrease in crime rates and reentry rates; people becoming better citizen of society because of the treatment given while inside. A challenge will be more money spending on building the prison, I believe it will balance out because less individuals will be in prison so there will not be a lot of inmates to pay for, this money can go to building the prison. By banning capital punishment and life sentencing money can be save, The U.S. spends millions of dollars housing low entry drug offenders that has life in prison because of the 3 strikes law whereas if we ban those sentencing guideline we can save. By the U.S. taking these steps it will make our penal system much better and cost