Indledning
Punishment of criminal activities is a fundamental part of our modern society. If a person is note in compliance with the rules that we decide in our communities, they need to be punished.
This creates a motive of abiding the law, and not to conduct any crimes. This sounds pretty good and fair, but does it work in real life?
Indholdsfortegnelse
One of the main reasons for the challenges within the US prison system is the tough on crime policy, which have been led by the US government for many years.
Another big issue within the US prison system, is the overrepresentation of black people, and the results of the “war on drugs” policies.
Finally, the private corporations are ruining the prison system and contributing to making people conduct new crimes when they are freed from prison, after they have served their sentences.
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Uddrag
This has been leading to way more people being imprisoned, as a part of the tough on crime policy, the three strikes and you’re out principle was also imposed.
This means that when a person does three criminal activities, independent of each other, the person would automatically be sentenced to life in prison.
This has led to people being imprisoned the rest of their lives, for harmless crimes as stealing pizzas, only because they had done other criminal activities.
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