is the US prison system working?

Question

Canada imprisons 116 people out of every 100,000 in the country, the U.S. locks up 702 people per 100,000
one in four american prisoners are drug offenders.
two websites below show disturbing facts
http://www.cjcj.org/pubs/poor/ppnapr.html
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/corrtyp.htm

Answer 1

As long as there not out and about it's fine by me.

Answer 2

Wildraft1 wrote:

"Cool, that means we actually keep criminals off the street, and Canada lets them roam freely. Just another reason why Canada will always be F***ed up!"

Canada is not ****** up, the United States of America is ****** up, and the whole world (save most Americans) know it. Of course, Americans are the most ignorant, knee jerk, lazy, apathetic and brain-washed (what little brains they have) people on the face of the planet, so I guess it is to be expected. You are obviously no exception.

First, Canada has much less crime than the U.S. because they don't have the grinding poverty, lack of health care, racism, and free-for-all, willy-nilly immigration that allows the third-world crime wave into their country.

Second, there are many ridiculous things that are "crimes" in this country to make sure there are plenty of prisoners for the prison industrial complex to continue making money.

Thid, the Canadian government is nowhere near as corrupt as this cesspool we have here.

Get a clue, Mr. American.

Answer 3

No, it is not working but mainly because criminals are not punished severely enough and they are cuddled and treated like babies instead of the predators they are! Instead of the overly-humane treatments, we should force them LEARN a trade and to work more hours to earn their keep, pay some of the costs of segregating them from society. They should be forced to learn a trade if they are in for more than a year!

If they refuse to learn a trade, they stay in jail for as long as they refuse. And to hell with those bleeding heart politicians who would rather kiss their a s s e s rather than listen to those that deal with them on a daily basis and have a better handle on the situation! Parole Boards? Nah... let them do their time and instead of a parole period where they can be sent back for a violation of the terms, they should have a ten-year period after they are out of the prison where they can be returned to repeat the sentence if they commit another crime or automatically do a new sentence for any new crime, whichever is longer! If they cannot conform to society's laws and they insist on victimizing others... send their dirty a s s e s to prison again... the same with the so-called white-collar criminals, like politicians and the flunkies for the super-rich that get caught!

Answer 4

nicely the very reality you receives many years for killing someone and 20 for promoting drugs is somewhat off. the prisons are not strict sufficient once your locked up you probable can be doing issues on the exterior via creating ordinary calls, gangs should be damaged up on the interior more effective checks in cells for shanks or different incriminating issues and in the journey that they locate some thing you need to get more effective time on your sentence truly of basically being thrown in the hollow for some days. different countries are so a lot more effective strict with convicted criminals and their prisons are so a lot more effective sturdy to flee with issues...your freedoms should be stripped pretty in optimal safe practices prisons or everywhere the position the extremely undesirable criminals are being held. human beings should not be able to get out of penal complex, or shrink time because they have money or comprehend someone. yet its no longer like the justice equipment will ever change.

Answer 5

No it ain't working, it just create a reservoir or crime of lawyers, judges, etc. most people go in jail for minal offences esoecially in US, the njail criminalize the people. Crime school.

And the new deffinition of terrorism, according to US Patriot act, passed in 2001, everything that disagree with the administration in power is terrorism,

This was the more Orwellian, the most unconstitutional document ever produced.

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Answer 6

It works to some degree when it was first started. The statistic really went down but the portion of our taxes we paid to support the program really went up. As of the moment, we are pass the breaking point, yes you can jail all the people that are not perfect in your society but the upkeep cost will be tremendous. As a result, it adds to our debt and cause us to cut programs for schools, rebuilding of infrastructure, etc. If we're willing to foot the bill and accept the consequences then great but I personally believe it to be a little short sighted. Bad and dangerous criminals, yes. Small time drug users like marijuana, COME ON!

Answer 7

With the revolving door method in this country, and the claim that the prisons are over crowed, and given the high crime rate in the U.S. I'm inclined to believe that we are putting them in but not keeping them long enough. Do you know that crime rate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania alone, thank God I don't live there but in a county just outside of that city.

Answer 8

I sense you like to do drugs but are afraid of being arrested. Therefore you want to legalize drugs so you can use drugs guilt free.

Canada & it's prison population cannot be compared to the US becase they are vastly different.

From the 2000 & 2004 census bureau reports
Canada: 2.2% minority (black & hispanic)
U.S. : +26% minority black & hispanic

now that we know the statistics of the country, lets look at prison demographics...
in the U.S prisons are comprised of:
13+% minority (black & hispanic)
1.2% white.

The minorty demographics of the entire country of Canda is pretty much like the demographics of North Dakota!

You can't compare prison rates because you can not equally compare the populations the prisons are protecting.

Answer 9

A better system could keep them from being locked up or committing more crime.

Separating people from society is a bad way to get them to live by society's rules.

There are better systems in place in other countries.

Answer 10

yes, since the US prison system is designed to house and store inmates for thier sentence

Our prisons do a very good job at housing and caring for inmates.

If you want the prison system to do something else you have to get the government to make new laws to change what the prisons are suppose to do.

And it shows our police do a great job at arresting people.

Answer 11

If they violated our laws they need and should be locked away and be required to serve at least 90 percent of the sentence. I don't care if it was using, growing, making, selling drugs, rape, murder!
Make them serve their time, you know the saying" if you can't do the time, don't do the crime"!!