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Foreign nations are becoming concerned with the increased rate of inmate sentencing amongst the United States, and have begun speaking out against the problem. The Urban Institute has even devised a report which outlines their opinion of the most effective way to combat not only the size, but the cost of overcrowded prisons. This report introduces various methods of reform, prosecution, and early release policies (Nkechi Taifa, 2013). The report titled Stemming the Tide: Strategies to Reduce the growth and Cut the Cost of the Federal Prison System introduces two highly impacting options regarding reform. The highly suggested option would be to curb the growth of prisons in the future by reducing the number of new prisoners, along with issuing shorter sentences (varying by crime committed). The alternate approach that the report gives way to is ease the overcrowding of prisoners by releasing early (based on time already served) or by transferring inmates to the significantly less populated community correction centers. According to this report, "neither option by itself will make a dent in alleviating the crisis in our criminal justice system. But together, both approaches could make a significant difference." The driving factor in many prison population crisis' today is unreasonable drug sentences. Drug related crimes are often accompanied by harsh lengthy sentences that do not match the charge. In this scenario, decreasing the number of inmates being sentenced along with shortening their sentence would prove to be beneficial to the slowing down of the population growth. The report actually estimates that reducing the number of people who are sentenced to prison time by merely 20% would save the country $1.3 billion over the length of 10 years. An unrealistic statistic that this report mentions is the reduction of drug minimum sentences by half would save around $2.5 billion dollars over the next 10 years.