Why America’s jails are so overcrowded

Mayor Beard Brasio promised to close the infamous Rikers Island prison last month to announce nationwide news but policymakers nationally not famous had periodically struggled to overcrowding prisons

If the prison is intended for a criminal, why so many people are still imprisoned after decades of crime reduction? According to the latest data from the US Department of Justice statistics office, the number of US prisoners increased from 621,000 in 2000 to 744,600 in 2014. To make matters worse, the same figure indicates that the prison is waiting for someone waiting for the case.

Innocent people occupy 95% of the prison population increase over the past 15 years.

According to the total population increase of the United States from 2000 to 2014, the imprisonment rate per 100,000 imprisoned prisoners declined by 11%, while the imprisonment rate of people who were not convicted increased by 17% did. . In the era when the crime rate goes down, prisons in prison are crowded in jail.

Why is the prison closed by many people waiting for the trial? According to a survey by the Vera Judicial Institute, today's judge is reluctant to release individuals suspected of being criminal than before. Instead, judges often set a lot of cash bail that defendants could not pay.

These people (those who do not know anything more) are jealous of prisons. In the worst case, waiting may be a shameful long-term - for example, a former Rikers prisoner Kalief Browder's three-year trauma who spent his life after liberation

Several states are rethinking bail now. New Jersey nearly canceled cash bail and California State Council is considering similar measures

Obviously, some of the alleged crimes pose a dangerous or serious flight danger, so they need to be held before their trial. However, simply reducing the proportion of those who have not been convicted for those convicted in 2000 (1.29: 1) will release 100,000 non-violent defendants until the trial You can continue.

Because prisons and county prisons are very populous, prisoners sleep on the floor in some of the prisons. According to Senator Jeanne Sahin (Senator Jane Sahin: Overcrowding in 2011 prison), the capacity of Federal prisons now exceeds 35%. Because of overcrowding, the criminal justice system and taxpayers spend more money to move prisoners to litigation against other facilities and prisons. - In the United States, where you need to change prisons in the United States, it is called "Criminal Graduate School". This makes sense: it deprives groups of people, deprives their wealth and privacy, continues to be threatened with violence, overcrowding their cells, robbing meaningful work, and thus pain that prefers equality It is a lower class with accompanying. Instead of contributing to society, try communicating with society, involve nonviolent criminals into a violent life

British prisons were very crowded when Brits in 1776 lost America as colonies and prisoners. In order to solve this problem, since 1776 to 1787 prisoners sentenced to be transported were trapped in old ships of the River Thames, they could tidy up and decide where to send the prisoners It was. Because of the desperate social situation, the UK decided to settle in New South Wales. The situation in British society in the 18th century was despair and despair for the poor. The Industrial Revolution brought about many changes in the structure of society. Some of these changes are for good things - other changes are not so. As the change is progressing rapidly, there are few ways Britain can deal with these problems. The rich become more prosperous, the poor live in dirt, fighting for survival. Legislation to protect rich property has been enacted.