Prison Overcrowding

Prison overcrowdings have been and is one of the main key component factors of poor prison circumstances around the globe. Since 1981, prisons and jails have a huge continuous increase despite the decrease in both crime rates as well as the number of people arrested. It has been the biggest problem faced by the prison systems; its effects can become life threating making prisons are unable to prevent proper functions. “Prison overcrowding, is the aggressive “tough on crime" approach taken by…

Prison overcrowding is a community phenomenon that occurs when the demand for space in prisons exceeds the capacity for the amount of prisoners within a prison. Overcrowding has become a problem in many states. Many states have stretched prisons far beyond their capacity for years, while California has continued to remain a focus to a federal order to slender its hefty prison population mass. For instance, with keeping the focus on California, California’s prisons were designed to quarter 85,000…

offenders behind bars for more time and is one of the main causes of the overcrowding of prisons. The budget cannot currently support the increasing numbers of inmates entering the jails. Many improvements can be made to help the jails…

defined by the National Institute of Justice, is a term used when one has relapsed into criminal behavior after previously receiving punishment. Recidivism is one of the leading contributors to the high prison populations in the United States. Due to this prison overcrowding, it has been found that prison sentences are less effective and even dangerous for some prisoners. For this reason, many are starting to question which criminals should stay behind bars and which criminals, if any, should…

Overcrowding in prisons, is an issue that is not well known among the general population; however, it is an issue that greatly effects society as a whole. The cost of housing inmates is estimated to be around fifty thousand dollars annually. The more inmates that there are in prison, means more tax payer dollars being dumped into the facilities and inmates. People often complain of poor use of tax payer’s dollars. Claiming that it is wrong that they have to pay for inmate to be fed, housed,…

Prisons are what we as people use to isolate criminals from society but there is always a limit. The government is realizing that prisons are becoming overcrowded, and that there is a lack of funding for these prisons. Together as a society we view prisons as a good solution to isolate the criminals so we vote asking for more prisons, but are more prisons really the answer? Prisons are becoming overcrowded so we fund the government to make more of them, but the answer is not building more…

The prison system in the United States faces many problems. The problems vary from financial problems, the safety of the guards and inmates, prisoners’ mental health, gang activity, and overcrowding. Overcrowding is arguably one of the main problems that prisons face, with mental health and financial problems being other problems that are often addressed, and even tie in with overcrowding. Overcrowding happens when there is an excess amount of prisoners that aren’t able to be suitably fit into…

Prison Overcrowding Data from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics show a rapid growth of inmates in the country. Prisons are being forced to exceed their prisoner capacity. The growth of inmates is taking a toll on everyone including staff, prisons, inmates, and the country itself. Research shows that the increase of prisoners is because of longer prison terms, higher conviction rates, increased enforcement efforts, and a lower chance of early release. There seems to…

was a first offense? Or you had a small glimpse of freedom and you took advantage of it? There’s so many factors as to why people get arrested, but overcrowding in jails has become a serious problem in America The US has the highest prison population in the entire world exceeding counties with more than double Americas population. Prison overcrowding occurs when the rate at which people are incarcerated exceeds the rate at which other prisoners are released or die, this raises a huge problem.…

country's most troubling issues is the overcrowding of prisons. In fact, according to the Bureau of Justice, eighteen states operated their facilities with over 100 percent capacity. This means that 36 percent of prisons operated by the United States are overcrowded. One of the largest contributing factors of this overcrowding is the incarceration of individuals for drug-related crimes. Drug users make up a large group of the inmates in United States prisons, according to the Bureau of Justice…