Friday, December 28, 2007
Jails and Prisons - Solutions to Overcrowding
Research and years of criminal justice experience have revealed the complexity of the jail and prison crowding problem and the futility of expecting one program or process to eliminate the phenomenon of jail populations and crowded cells. According to studies of the criminal justice system, most of the multitude of people in prison are there for petty property and drug crimes or violations of their conditions of probation or parole.
Governors and mayors openly state that they cannot afford to build another jail or prison. These people suggest that the public sector should turn to other types of sentences such as probation and parole instead of incarceration. The problem that often concerns many when these alternatives are discussed is that criminals will not be getting the punishment they deserve, but the criminal justice system might not have any other choice.
Governors and mayors openly state that they cannot afford to build another jail or prison. These people suggest that the public sector should turn to other types of sentences such as probation and parole instead of incarceration. The problem that often concerns many when these alternatives are discussed is that criminals will not be getting the punishment they deserve, but the criminal justice system might not have any other choice.
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