The United States has an incarceration rate of 751 people per 100,000 while Afghanistan has only 76 per 100,000. You’d think only the United States has a flawed prison system by those numbers and news reports make it seem like they have the absolute worst flaws. On the contrary, both do have their fair share of problems ranging in severity. They also share problems that seem to be inevitable for a prison system. The U.S. is slowly fixing problems in their system and ironically has helped to fix many in Afghanistan’s system. The prison systems in the United States and Afghanistan endure many issues such as: unnecessary sentencing, abuse/rape, and an overflow of prisoners. With some issues comes resolution, but problems in a system are inevitable.
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The United States and Afghanistan share a couple of more serious problems. Overcrowding is a big problem in both. For instance, the U.S. has many places that are at 96% capacity. The high capacity of the prisons has caused a need for major spending extra beds and caused prisons to deny prisoners basic needs and access to health care. Afghan prisons are half renovated and defective, they are built to house about 5000 prisoners, but have as many as 7300. The overcrowding cause’s prisoners to be left in hallways, cells are also left open so people have access to skins and …show more content…
Politics and their government’s lack of funds hinder fixing some problems, but they receive foreign help from places like the U.S. and Britain. Better prison conditions have somewhat happened because of the U.S. but help has been halted and things are left half finished. However the government with the help of human rights watch is prioritizing an end of torture and abuse. As well as ending torture and abuse they are trying to supply better health care. The Red Cross has stepped, they now have doctors and nurses who have a clinic and are on standby for emergencies. They hand out medicine, emphasize better hygiene and give consultations on a regular basis. The doctor easily treats inmates for common colds, and respiratory tract infection, if inmates are seriously ill they will be referred to a
The United States and Afghanistan share a couple of more serious problems. Overcrowding is a big problem in both. For instance, the U.S. has many places that are at 96% capacity. The high capacity of the prisons has caused a need for major spending extra beds and caused prisons to deny prisoners basic needs and access to health care. Afghan prisons are half renovated and defective, they are built to house about 5000 prisoners, but have as many as 7300. The overcrowding cause’s prisoners to be left in hallways, cells are also left open so people have access to skins and …show more content…
Politics and their government’s lack of funds hinder fixing some problems, but they receive foreign help from places like the U.S. and Britain. Better prison conditions have somewhat happened because of the U.S. but help has been halted and things are left half finished. However the government with the help of human rights watch is prioritizing an end of torture and abuse. As well as ending torture and abuse they are trying to supply better health care. The Red Cross has stepped, they now have doctors and nurses who have a clinic and are on standby for emergencies. They hand out medicine, emphasize better hygiene and give consultations on a regular basis. The doctor easily treats inmates for common colds, and respiratory tract infection, if inmates are seriously ill they will be referred to a