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American Correctional System, pg 31-48
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American Correctional System

By Marcos Montalvo Munoz

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The American correctional criminal in a jail or prison. around $31,286, which

system has been estab- One of the main issues causes serious economic
lished to hold and house with the correctional sys- concerns (Williams,

certain offenders who tems is overcrowding 2014). This raises the need
have committed crimes (Williams, 2014); specifi- for alternative programs
and shown to be a safety cally in jails since more to reduce the amount of

hazard to the public. offenders enter on a fre- personnel in confinement
Whether serving active quent basis than prisons. institutions and lower an-

sentences or awaiting trial, Unlike prisons, jails are nual costs on an inmate.
offenders are the respon- typically not designed to Audrey Williams, writer
sibility of the American accommodate the long- of article titled Prison

correctional system. While term needs of their occu- Overcrowding Threatens
in control of the state or pants, this is mainly due to Public Safety and State

federal correctional sys- the time spent in jail is far Budgets, described that
tem, offenders are limited less than time spent in a the United States has the
to what they can do, both prison. world’s largest incarcer-

internally within a facil- ated population in the
ity, as well as externally Another issue that occurs world with nearly 2.4 mil-

in and out of the facility. due to the rise of offenders lion people currently liv-
This is executed by im- into jail is the annual cost ing behind bars (Williams,
prisoning the convicted of inmates that estimates 2014). In order to under-

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