Thursday, April 5, 2012

Prisoners in United state


          There are a huge number of prisoners in the united states when it’s compared to many different countries around the world.  The very Recent prisoner count marked the united states on the 1st place on the list, followed by china. Numbers of prisoners in the united states are 2,019,234, which is very largest prison population in the world. 
          The reason that caused this large population to be in prison is due to tough sentencing and a high number of drug related offenses. A majority of people has agreed upon this reasoning. According to criminal justice experts “a tough sentencing laws, record numbers of drug offenders and high crime rates have contributed to the United States having the largest prison population and the highest rate of incarceration in the world.”

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1 comment:

  1. I love throwing questions out there so, why do you think the U.S. has the highest prison population? We don't have the highest population, or the largest country land wise, so what about our culture makes us so prone to imprisoning people?

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