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Prison Overcrowding


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Prison Overcrowding
A case study on public policy alternatives for improving the overcrowding dilemma in U.S. prisons.
5,732 words (approx. 22.9 pages) | 10 sources | APA | 2005 United States


Paper Summary:

This work attempts to research and review the problem of overcrowding in United States prisons and to provide evidence-based information in relation to public policy administration in an analysis of the policy problem that contributes to the overcrowding issue in prisons.

Table of Contents
Objective
Methodology
Findings of the Study
Introduction
Literature Review
Statistics of Non-Violent Prisoners
Drug Offenders and Incarceration
Alternatives to Incarceration
Arguments for Privatization
Arguments against Privatization
Electronic Monitoring
Rehabilitation
Effects of Long-Term Incarceration and Overcrowding
Ethical Issues in Privatization of Prisons
Administrative Issues in Privatization of Prisons
Public Policy Changes at Issue
Summary and Conclusion

From the Paper:

"According to one report the state and federal prisons in the United States are presently experiencing rate of 33% than they are officially certified to house within their facilities. By June 2003 the total of prisoners in the United States was near the total of 2.1 million. (Montaldo, 2004) This increase was stated to be the largest increase in over four years. The inmates that are 18 years of age or younger is one the decline. By June 2003 there were 3,006 state prisoners, and 6,869 city jail detainees, which were under 18 years of age. (Montaldo, 2004) There were a total of 90,700 non-citizens being held in State and Federal correctional facilities at midyear of 2003, which was a 2.3 percent growth from the year prior to 2003."

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APA Citation:

Prison Overcrowding (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Case-Study-Prison-Overcrowding/63382

MLA Citation:

"Prison Overcrowding" 15 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Case-Study-Prison-Overcrowding/63382>




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