SNHU JUS 103 Final Paper
SNHU JUS 103 Final Paper
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JUS 103 Final Paper Prison Overcrowding
Prison overcrowding is a serious threat to public safety, state budgets and federal
budgets. The prison systems in the United states holds more than 2.4 million people
in 1,719 state prisons, 102 federal prisons, 2,259 juvenile correctional facilities, 3,283
jails, and 79 Indian Country jails as well as in military prisons, immigration detention centers
civil commitment centers, and prisons in the U.S. territories. This total gives the United states
the highest incarceration population in the world. (: Williams, A; Prison Overcrowding
threatens public safety and state budgets (April 8, 2017) p.1) Every year an estimated 688,000
people are released from federal and state prisons. It’s hard to imagine, but almost 12 million
people are in and out of jail each year. This is amazing to think about, both cost and logistically
that the system must deal with. This includes those awaiting trial and conviction. The remainder
are being held for minor offenses with their sentences under one year. ...
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