According to the International Centre for Prison Studies 2007, the United States has the highest incarceration rates when compared to fourteen other countries. How is this possible when the United States is a world leader? How can we police nations when we can't manage to police our own? Over the past forty years the state and federal prison population has increased dramatically based on information provided by the US Bureau of Justice Statistics.
In my last sociology class we watched "Waiting For Superman". In that documentary I learned that more taxpayer's money is spent on jails rather than on schools. Ridiculous!!!!
Instead of focusing so much on prisoners, we should be focusing on our future- the children! Children are impressionable, soaking up the good and the bad.
The government should enforce harsher punishment on criminals which would deter them from committing the crime in the first place. Our government should invest more resources on our children. Preventive care is far more inexpensive than damage repair.
Great insights and I completely agree with you. I've never seen Waiting for Superman but if I have a change or time maybe I"ll check it out!
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