Prison Overcrowding/War on drugs

Running Head : War on drugs

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Introduction

The war on drugs and compulsory sentencing laws in the United States has led a high percentage of the population locked in prisons . This incursion of offences related to drugs is a major factor in the present overcrowded prisons resulting into uncomfortable conditions in prisons As a result of this war , the United States has become the world 's leader in terms of the number of the population in prisons . Incarnation rates for felony such as

murders and robbery has not stopped , but the steady escalation of the number of detainment has been as a result of drug offences (http /www .strange loops .com /politicsdrugs .html . The debate over the state of prisons is raging on with proponents of mandatory sentencing laws arguing that in to reduce crime , the prison facilities should be expanded to accommodate the inmate ever increasing numbers . However , this has not led to a proportional decrease in crime rate leading to critics of this system proposing alternatives to incarceration . They argue that as a result of this war , nonviolent criminals have been imprisoned straining the available prison facilities (http /law .jrank .org /pages /1809 /Prisons-Problems-Prospects-Prisons-war- on-drugs .html . It is clearly evident that the war on drugs has failed and this therefore examines the weaknesses of the current system and proposes alternatives to the mandatory imprisonment

Over crowded prisons and the war on drugs

Over a decade now , prisons have increasingly become a warehouse...