Confinement In Prisons

The Homeland and Governmental affairs committee goes over several issues that are brought up when they review the federal prison system. In the panel of witnesses there were two who of which were incarcerated at one point in their life; however, both were non-violent. Solitary confinement is a major topic of discussion, and deciding whether it is constitutionally right; furthermore, whether it should still be practiced in today’s prison systems. Some of the criminal’s felonies may not be as severe as their sentence makes them out to be; subsequently, many should be granted compassionate release, depending on behavior and other circumstances such as mental health. Lastly the population of Americans in prisons is the largest it has ever been and still rising; consequently, prisons are costing our nation’s tax payers billions of dollars annually.
The application of solitary confinement is a controversial argument that was brought up a multitude of times. Prisons use this method to calm down inmates, or to isolate …show more content…
Compassionate release is a beneficial exercise, in which it is the release of an inmate on the grounds of the medical or humanitarian changes that occur while in prison. Most convicts that are eligible for compassionate release have a terminal illness. In addition, if they are not granted release more criminals need to be placed in a halfway house, a place for the mentally, physically, and emotionally disabled go to learn how they can integrate back in with today’s society. This also was an area of argument, in which the government should assemble more re-entry programs for convicts. Women incarceration rates are at the highest they have ever been; moreover, most of the crimes are non-violent. Yet most are involved with drug affiliation, and the crimes do not suit the length of the sentence that the accused are being punished