The incarceration rate in the United States is the highest in the world. There are more than one million people in the United States that are in a correctional facility. The causes for overcrowding include little attention given to social problems the average cost to house a prisoner in a correctional facility is approximately $ 25, 000 per year.
Today, in America, some prisoners are living worse than some third world countries just because some little petty crimes such as having weed on them. Many crimes are not handled in the most reasonable proper manner. Also, another reason prisons are over crowed is because the wait on the death row. On average it takes five plus years before the criminals is up for his/her turn on death row Imagine
Today, in America, some prisoners are living worse than some third world countries just because some little petty crimes such as having weed on them. Many crimes are not handled in the most reasonable proper manner. Also, another reason prisons are over crowed is because the wait on the death row. On average it takes five plus years before the criminals is up for his/her turn on death row Imagine