Considering "aboriginals comprise 4.3% of the total Canadian population" (La Prairie, C. 2002), out of that "23% of federal inmates are aboriginal" (La Prairie, C. 2002). Also, only 3% of the total Canadian population is black while 9.5% of federal inmates today are black (an increase of 80% since 2003) (Zinger, I. 2013). ... The mentally ill make up 4% of the American population and account for 15% of state prisoners and 24% of jail inmates (Sweetland, H. 2014). ... In 2006, Solano was rebuilt to house 80,000 inmates, but ended up holding double that number (Stelloh, T. 20...

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) reveals that between 1999 and 2000, homicides committed by youths under the age of 18 more than doubled. ... If punishments were made more severe, the use of illegal drugs and alcohol among the juvenile population who commit crimes would also decrease, as shown proven in a 1995 Annual Report on Drug's and Alcohol published by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Colombia University. ...

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