Prison Overcrowding The prison population quadrupled from 1970 to 1990 (Clark). ... It required long prison sentences for people convicted of three serious felonies (California's prisons). ... Opponents of alternatives to incarceration believe more prisons need to be built, in order to house the overflowing prison facilities. ... "Some prisoners may have to deal with a few feet less of cell space," Helms told Senators, "but that is far better than to continue to turn loose violent felons to kill or rape innocent citizens." ... The government cannot afford to keep building new prisons. ...

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Prison has never been an effective measure of crime control. ... This results in a much higher chance of fighting, escaping, and even rape. ... Zimbabwe's prisons are disgusting. ... Overcrowding increases the chance for prison riots, higher chance of prisoner misconduct, psychological problems, changes the prison dynamic, increases prison violence, and is cruel to the prisoners. ... A judge then ordered for the prison to reduce its prison population by 30,000 members, only to grow to 173,000 people inside of the prison (Stelloh, T. 2013). ...

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Currently there are 2,000 to 4,000 battered women in America serving prison time for defending their lives against their batterers (Talvi inthesetimes.com). ... Ever three minutes a woman is raped, every fifteen seconds a woman is battered and every six hours a woman is battered to death. More women seek medical attention for harm inflicted by a spouse than for injuries caused by auto accidents, rapes, and muggings combined (cyber.law.Harvard.edu). ... Sexual abuse consists of unwanted touching, withholding or demanding sex, forcing sex, martial rape, or insisting on anything sexual that frigh...

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According to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, violent crime is defined by four offenses: murder and non-negligent manslaughter, forcible rape, robbery, and aggravated assault (FBI, 2007). ... Judges who issue sentences are aware of the release policies of prisons. ... Some critics believe this may cause overcrowding of prisons and deprive inmates of needed services. ... One concern with these guidelines is prison overcrowding. ... Prison admissions and anticipated populations increased in most states studies. ...

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There may be some underlying reasons why these kids of thirteen, fourteen, fifteen year olds are committing "adult crimes" such as armed robbery, rape and murder, but there are no excuses for this behavior. ... For obvious reasons some people feel that a fourteen year old convicted on two counts of second degree murder should not be in the same prison with a forty four year old murderer, which is understandable because they probably would not survive in that environment. ... That is why it is so important for lawmakers to put some laws on the books allowing prosecutors to impose adult sentence...

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How long should repeat offenders stay in jail or prison? ... These are crimes that have been committed time after time by repeat offenders who don't do all of their time in prison or either they are not prosecuted. ... High Risk offenders have to be monitored very closely while they are in prison (Grosshandler,1990). ... Types of Repeat Offenders Different types of repeat offenses include Driving while under the influence selling and trafficking drugs, murder, and rape. ... They would rath...

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Justice can still be served even if the criminal gets to live out his life because he is going to be locked in prison for the rest his life and is that not enough? ... In California fifty percent of wrongfully convicted of rape and murder faced death or a life behind bars. ... Since 1989 the CIP has shown, "through the wide use of DNA evidence over 2,000 innocent persons convicted of rape and murder were exonerated, clearing their names in the process" (Chinn, Death Penalty Infographic). ... Due to the cracks in the criminal justice system, innocent people who are wrongfully convicte...

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Among other serious capital crimes in colonial times were murder, rape, heresy - and witchcraft," (DeathPenalty.Procon). ... The connection to our society today is not only our personal opinions on if someone else lives or not, but the amount of money everyday citizens pay to keep up prisons is outrageous; also the amount of money needed for execution is just as much. "Of the billions of dollars of tax revenue that are collected each year in taxes, about $37 billion are spent on the prisons alone. There are more than 2 million inmates currently in the US prison system," (Michael Myse...

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Due to the war on drugs, State and Federal prisons can no longer afford to house violent criminals for appropriate amounts of time. ... Lamar Grey was arrested, tried, convicted, fined $25,000 and sentenced to life in prison without parole. While, Larry Singleton raped a teenage girl, mutilated her, chopped off her arms, and left her in the desert to die. He was arrested, tried, convicted, and received the maximum penalty of 14 years in prison - of which he only served 8( Nadelmann, "Thinking seriously about alternatives to the drug prohibition" 124) Economically, the production of drugs...

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In 1996, there were a total of 15,168,100 arrests; 33,050 for forcible rape; 1,506,200 involving drug violations and 19,020 for murder and non-negligent manslaughter. ... Criminals held in prison for long sentences means money now and money later, too. ... In 1995 Hart Research Associated Poll asked law enforcement officers what they thought would help the deteration of crime. 31% said reduce drug abuse; 17% said better economy and jobs; 16% simplify court rules; 15% longer prison sentence; 10% more police officers; 3% reducing guns; and 1% expand death penalty. ...

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The death penalty does not deter a person from committing a murder while in prison. ... Prison sentences can be lifted but what happens what you kill an innocent person? ... "Between 1900 and 1992, there have been 46 documented cases of innocent persons who have been convicted of murder or capital rape-A third of whom were given a death sentence and in 23 of these cases, the person was executed." - In Spite Of Innocence.These statistics show that mistakes are made within the legal system, and to prevent unlawful executions, we must modify our government and abolish the ...

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When a criminal is sentenced to prison without any rehabilitation the recidivism rate will continue to be on the high side. ... When we look at three comparable cities we can see how their crime rates in robbery, rape and murder will compare. ... Atlanta, Georgia had the highest number of robberies but the lowest number of rapes. ... It has been proven that the majority of the rapes and murders are done by one age group. "The majority of their murder and rape arrests are committed by those between the ages of 18-29 and the majority of robberies are committed by those under the age of 18&q...

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" The parents came to escape drug lords, rape, gangs, or poverty. ... The 15 billion-plus budget legislated to DHS has fueled an immigrant-crackdown economy and increased the already-bloated prison industry (Barry 28). ... " A lagging economy has local government and private prisons in rural areas vying for a contract to house immigrant detainees (Barry 28). ... " These private contract prisons are not regulated by prison rules so adding women and children make abuse likely. ...

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Since 1930, 89 percent of those executed in the United States for rape have been black, as were 76 percent of those executed for robbery, 85.5 percent of those executed for assault by life-term prisoner, 48.9 percent of those executed for murder, 100 percent of those executed for burglary. ... Today, it is much cheaper to convict a man and keep him in prison for the rest of his life than to kill him. ... While there was physical evidence linking to the rape and murder of his sister-in-law, the case was built with weakness that caused many to question his guilt. ...

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The diary told a story about the abduction, rape. ... Afraid that a trial would be extremely embarrassing to family and friend, Brain pleaded guilty and received a seven year prison sentence rather than the treatment in a community facility his parents had desired. ... Correctional agencies administer the postjudicatory care given to offenders, which, depending on the seriousness of the crimes and the individual needs on the seriousness of the crimes and the individual needs of offenders, can range from casual monitoring in the community to solitary confinement in a maximum-security priso...

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The officers surveyed ranked drugs, the decline of family values, and the combination of light prison sentences and early release programs as the top three reasons for the nations upsurge in violent crime. ... Guns are used by criminals in violent acts such as murder, armed robbery, rape, and aggravated assault. ...

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Critical Essay on "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee "To Kill a Mockingbird" is a fictional story set in a small Southern town, Maycomb, in the early 1930. The story is told through the life of a little girl, Scout Finch, and her relationship with the main characters her brother, Jem, fathe...

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An interviewee, Audrey Roberts 17, stated that she has seen rapes, homicides, and brutal beatings on the street. ... In our society crime control is almost always correlated with harsher punishments and longer prison terms. ...

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Also, with the fire burning in America, the media was raping the troops of their dignity as the photographers followed them everywhere. ... False: Vietnam Veterans resemble the homeless population in American and are more likely to be in prison. ...

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