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PRISON OVERCROWDING

Prison overcrowding has been identified as a major cause of inefficiency in correctional facilities in the USA thus calling for urgent measures to address it . According to Professor Craig Haney in `prison overcrowding : harmful consequences and dysfunctional reactions the number of prisoners has been rising at unprecedented rates since the 1970 's and early 80 's . Prison staff could no longer identify or track the inmates with their names as they previously did . It was clear that supervising and overseeing

the inmates became a hard task for them These numbers have excessively risen worsening the plight of US prisons Sadly , the funding of the prisons has not matched with the rising numbers making them unstable (Haney 2 . When prisons are overcrowded chances that the inmates will be worse off on release into the society are higher as evident from the increased recidivism rates . Various solutions to the problem have been aired including the reduction of the flow of inmates in the prisons . The other approach to tackling this problem is the expansion or construction of more prisons (Pollock 66 This option would be more effective as it would ensure enough space for efficient correctional programs to ensure that prisons are effectively reformed on re entering the society after completing their term . This will highlight the prison overcrowding problem in the US and its consequences before offering the most feasible solution

Most prisons in the US handle more than twice the capacity they...