The criminal justice system should not be blamed for the increase in the rate of crimes or the number of offenders being locked up, because social vices like poverty, bad economy, and unemployment are responsible for the increase in the crime rate and numbers of offenders being locked up. The issue of rape in prison, pointed out in second to the last paragraph to justify the author's opinion about the problem with the correctional system was something that has been tackled long time ago. Programs like PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act) established in 2003 to deal with sexual assault of p...

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In my mind that lack of information lead to the kidnapping, rape and murder of little Holly Jones in Toronto. ... Being locked up all day with other similar offenders and only being released for a few hours a day to hang around criminals does not seem like a positive environment. ... Locking all these youth in the jails in a negative environment for long periods of time promotes criminal activity upon release. ...

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Their crimes include murder, rape, robbery and various other serious offenses. ... These offenses include, but are not limited to the following: murder, arson, robbery, rape with force, sodomy by force, kidnapping, car jacking, drive by shootings, attempted murder, manufacturing of narcotics, and several other serious offenses. ... These felonies include, but are not limited to the following: murder, rape, drive-bys, sodomy, carjacking, and several other serious felonies (Implementation Guidelines For Proposition 21, 2000). ...

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Types of Repeat Offenders Different types of repeat offenses include Driving while under the influence selling and trafficking drugs, murder, and rape. ... Selling drugs is addictive also because when drug dealers get out of jail they cannot find a job so they return to the streets and to the same job they had before they were locked up. ...

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