I Wana state something if the bloods and crisp and all the other fueling gangs can come together to the violence to s a stop I'm sure the Democrats and Republicans can work together to get the nonviolent criminals out of jail. It's terrible In all my post I've stated the same thing about the high rates of incarceration it doesn't make any sense to hold the ones on drugs for years and we the taxpayers are paying for the most part of it the 4% left in the society as well. I wanna throw a little info from the text and in the class lessons if one of the late great founders can work against putting non criminal offenders in jail and decreasing the rates of incarceration so can our government now giving others the opportunity to show themselves. 4.6 million in the past be years have saved dues to not sending everyone to jail and then for the statistics about the race it's terrible to see more of one race in jail then the other I'm pretty sure they have a life and was just trying to live 100,000 are there but we're paying 30,000 more it's tearing us apart as a whole LifeImagine789
I agree that if bloods and crips can come together and say to the people of Ferguson, this isn't the right way to protest or act. Then the government can have the two most powerful parties in the house set aside differences and solve this problem together. It has been years for this subject to come back to courts or speeches by the presidents. Its should of never came to that or forgotten. That this subject of high population in prisons has been brought to court and it was pushed aside till it really became a problem, that should of been faced or solved in the past. I just would of thought that if it was dealt with sooner that it wouldn't be such a big deal now. All my life my parents told me to "Deal with small problems now so they will not come back around and become a bigger problem for you," and that's what the government is dealing with because they didn't take the time to solve this problem in the past. This last thing is that Obama came in office in 2010 promising to reduce imprisonment of Americans number for nonviolent drug offense and got scared because of the Republican party when he should of stayed strong and stuck with it.Phenom789
I agree with everything that you just said our government should want to come together to get the prisons reduced. They just need to take a look at what it really is doing to our states and realize that putting people in jail for the little drug offenses is not really helping anyone at all. Yes it gets them off the streets but it is only going to make them want to retaliate when they get out cause they are upset and mad that they got put there for something so small. Our government just needs to stand string together on this topic. Green789
Six years, it takes the government six years before something is done to decrease the population of prisons or jails. That it has to get really bad for someone to finally put their foot down and say something or do something about incarcerating to many people. It is so bad Republicans and Democrats have to put their differences aside from other issues to solve a problem that should of always been talked about and never pushed aside or forgotten. Their is 60% of black and Hispanic prisoners and young black men under 35 years of age haven't even finished high school which tells me that they were young and stupid and was sent to jail or prison for drugs. No man goes to prison without an high school education unless they were caught smoking or taking drug illegally. 15% in the last decade the federal prison has grown but the state prisons hold 4% fewer people. In the past five years states have save 4.6 billion dollars from reduce crimes and imprisonments. That will help patch this wound that the government and the people made by butting heads for years with each other and nothing was getting done till now. Phenom789
I agree that this is an issue that shouldn't have been forgotten, but it was late 20th century politics and everyone apparently being more afraid of drugs like marijuana and cocaine then violent crimes unless they made the news. I also find it staggering that black and Hispaniac men under the age of 35 with no high school education are 60% more likely to end in jail then hold a job. I guess that most of these guys are just a product of their environment, probably inner city poverty where they're surrounded by drugs and violence almost every day. Hopefully this issue gets solved before it's too late. Flitzy789
It seems like anything that is going on in the world it has to get horrible before it can get better. It took six years for someone to notice that we need to do something about our prisons. Over a few years there was I believe it said 4.6 million dollars saved because they took the time to not just send anyone to prison. That is a lot of money that we could be saving and using it for something that our state really needs. Obama signed to reduce the sentence of crack and powder form however it seems like we are still arresting people for this and they are still going to prison. Green789
After six years of the president not being engaged is a long time. I think that the 32 states that have saved 4.6 billion dollars in five years is huge. Hopefully in another five years, we can see that the savings has doubled. More than 100,000 people are currently in federal prison for drug related crimes, at a cost of about 30,000 per person each year. There are always ways to help reduce the 100,000 people like getting those help. In the article, it describes all the ways and what the men and women think of the bipartisan compromise. I realized that they talked about how this could make sentencing changes, but it would raise an issue for the supporters of the mandatory minimums. I feel as though one thing will get resolved or a bill will be passed to help the non-violent offenders, and then it will be a continuous cycle because something else won’t be correct and another bill/law will have to be made to satisfy the next person. CSI789
Hard to believe that 32 states have saved 4.6 billion dollars from reduced sentencing, and I'm glad that there is huge bipartisan support for a bill on prison reform to reduce the prison population. I was also shocked when I read that the Koch brothers support Obama in his push for sentencing reform since they're huge Republican donors. I guess on an issue this big it doesn't matter what political party you support when they're people who've been in prison for decades because of non violent crimes and drug crimes. Hopefully this bipartisan push comes to fruition and in the coming years see sentencing reform become a reality. Flitzy789
I agree with the article I think Obama need to keep his word on what he promise before he came into office. This what he promise that he was gone reduce prison rate but it's still want people in jail for petty drugs. I still think the rate is up on people being in jail for petty drug cases. And I don't believe 32 states have save 4.6 billion dollars on reducing prison rate. But I agree with the article Obama need to deliver his word. -cashes798
Why is it unbelievable that 32 states have saved that much money over 5 years? If you think about how much it costs to sustain the prisoners, it makes sense that reducing the rate, even minimally, would save exceedingly. -NavyAME789
It seems that mass incarceration has really finally became a big deal in the eyes of the law. Well, it has always been a big deal but we're finally trying to do something about it. Its sad that it has taken years to realize this. The amount of money that we spend to lock these people up daily is ridiculous. I mean 4 states cumulatively saved 4.6 billion dollars just by not sending people to prison just because. 60 percent of these prisoners are under 35 years old and haven't finished high school which tells me that within that 60 percent at least half of them are teenagers. Like I said in my other postings we are locking children up, some who still haven't even hit puberty yet. Personally I feel as if your teenage years those are your experimental years you will make mistakes but, being so young you have time to realize and grow from what poor mistakes you made with minimal punishment. it seems just now that it has taken a toll on our nation for our government leader to work on this serious issue together but I've always thought if you are working towards the same goal two heads are better than one
Decreasing the prison population by 4% has saved over $4.6 BILLION dollars in only 5 years? That's something that should be announced on every news station across the USA because that's what people need to hear. Using this saved money in other areas of our economy can only be beneficial to everyone. Let's kick all the people in prison for petty crimes out of the jail and into rehabilitation centers or programs. It cannot cost more to rehabilitate these people than to incarcerate them. Our priorities as a country are so messed up when it comes to criminals. Can you imagine if we decreased our prison rate by 25%? We might have enough money to keep children from starving or veterans from being homeless. -NAvyAME789
I Wana state something if the bloods and crisp and all the other fueling gangs can come together to the violence to s a stop I'm sure the Democrats and Republicans can work together to get the nonviolent criminals out of jail. It's terrible In all my post I've stated the same thing about the high rates of incarceration it doesn't make any sense to hold the ones on drugs for years and we the taxpayers are paying for the most part of it the 4% left in the society as well. I wanna throw a little info from the text and in the class lessons if one of the late great founders can work against putting non criminal offenders in jail and decreasing the rates of incarceration so can our government now giving others the opportunity to show themselves. 4.6 million in the past be years have saved dues to not sending everyone to jail and then for the statistics about the race it's terrible to see more of one race in jail then the other I'm pretty sure they have a life and was just trying to live 100,000 are there but we're paying 30,000 more it's tearing us apart as a whole LifeImagine789
ReplyDeleteI agree that if bloods and crips can come together and say to the people of Ferguson, this isn't the right way to protest or act. Then the government can have the two most powerful parties in the house set aside differences and solve this problem together. It has been years for this subject to come back to courts or speeches by the presidents. Its should of never came to that or forgotten. That this subject of high population in prisons has been brought to court and it was pushed aside till it really became a problem, that should of been faced or solved in the past. I just would of thought that if it was dealt with sooner that it wouldn't be such a big deal now. All my life my parents told me to "Deal with small problems now so they will not come back around and become a bigger problem for you," and that's what the government is dealing with because they didn't take the time to solve this problem in the past. This last thing is that Obama came in office in 2010 promising to reduce imprisonment of Americans number for nonviolent drug offense and got scared because of the Republican party when he should of stayed strong and stuck with it.Phenom789
DeleteI agree with everything that you just said our government should want to come together to get the prisons reduced. They just need to take a look at what it really is doing to our states and realize that putting people in jail for the little drug offenses is not really helping anyone at all. Yes it gets them off the streets but it is only going to make them want to retaliate when they get out cause they are upset and mad that they got put there for something so small. Our government just needs to stand string together on this topic. Green789
DeleteSix years, it takes the government six years before something is done to decrease the population of prisons or jails. That it has to get really bad for someone to finally put their foot down and say something or do something about incarcerating to many people. It is so bad Republicans and Democrats have to put their differences aside from other issues to solve a problem that should of always been talked about and never pushed aside or forgotten. Their is 60% of black and Hispanic prisoners and young black men under 35 years of age haven't even finished high school which tells me that they were young and stupid and was sent to jail or prison for drugs. No man goes to prison without an high school education unless they were caught smoking or taking drug illegally. 15% in the last decade the federal prison has grown but the state prisons hold 4% fewer people. In the past five years states have save 4.6 billion dollars from reduce crimes and imprisonments. That will help patch this wound that the government and the people made by butting heads for years with each other and nothing was getting done till now. Phenom789
ReplyDeleteI agree that this is an issue that shouldn't have been forgotten, but it was late 20th century politics and everyone apparently being more afraid of drugs like marijuana and cocaine then violent crimes unless they made the news. I also find it staggering that black and Hispaniac men under the age of 35 with no high school education are 60% more likely to end in jail then hold a job. I guess that most of these guys are just a product of their environment, probably inner city poverty where they're surrounded by drugs and violence almost every day. Hopefully this issue gets solved before it's too late. Flitzy789
DeleteIt seems like anything that is going on in the world it has to get horrible before it can get better. It took six years for someone to notice that we need to do something about our prisons. Over a few years there was I believe it said 4.6 million dollars saved because they took the time to not just send anyone to prison. That is a lot of money that we could be saving and using it for something that our state really needs. Obama signed to reduce the sentence of crack and powder form however it seems like we are still arresting people for this and they are still going to prison. Green789
ReplyDeleteAfter six years of the president not being engaged is a long time. I think that the 32 states that have saved 4.6 billion dollars in five years is huge. Hopefully in another five years, we can see that the savings has doubled. More than 100,000 people are currently in federal prison for drug related crimes, at a cost of about 30,000 per person each year. There are always ways to help reduce the 100,000 people like getting those help. In the article, it describes all the ways and what the men and women think of the bipartisan compromise. I realized that they talked about how this could make sentencing changes, but it would raise an issue for the supporters of the mandatory minimums. I feel as though one thing will get resolved or a bill will be passed to help the non-violent offenders, and then it will be a continuous cycle because something else won’t be correct and another bill/law will have to be made to satisfy the next person. CSI789
ReplyDeleteHard to believe that 32 states have saved 4.6 billion dollars from reduced sentencing, and I'm glad that there is huge bipartisan support for a bill on prison reform to reduce the prison population. I was also shocked when I read that the Koch brothers support Obama in his push for sentencing reform since they're huge Republican donors. I guess on an issue this big it doesn't matter what political party you support when they're people who've been in prison for decades because of non violent crimes and drug crimes. Hopefully this bipartisan push comes to fruition and in the coming years see sentencing reform become a reality. Flitzy789
ReplyDeleteI agree with the article I think Obama need to keep his word on what he promise before he came into office. This what he promise that he was gone reduce prison rate but it's still want people in jail for petty drugs. I still think the rate is up on people being in jail for petty drug cases. And I don't believe 32 states have save 4.6 billion dollars on reducing prison rate. But I agree with the article Obama need to deliver his word. -cashes798
ReplyDeleteWhy is it unbelievable that 32 states have saved that much money over 5 years? If you think about how much it costs to sustain the prisoners, it makes sense that reducing the rate, even minimally, would save exceedingly. -NavyAME789
DeleteIt seems that mass incarceration has really finally became a big deal in the eyes of the law. Well, it has always been a big deal but we're finally trying to do something about it. Its sad that it has taken years to realize this. The amount of money that we spend to lock these people up daily is ridiculous. I mean 4 states cumulatively saved 4.6 billion dollars just by not sending people to prison just because. 60 percent of these prisoners are under 35 years old and haven't finished high school which tells me that within that 60 percent at least half of them are teenagers. Like I said in my other postings we are locking children up, some who still haven't even hit puberty yet. Personally I feel as if your teenage years those are your experimental years you will make mistakes but, being so young you have time to realize and grow from what poor mistakes you made with minimal punishment. it seems just now that it has taken a toll on our nation for our government leader to work on this serious issue together but I've always thought if you are working towards the same goal two heads are better than one
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DeleteDecreasing the prison population by 4% has saved over $4.6 BILLION dollars in only 5 years? That's something that should be announced on every news station across the USA because that's what people need to hear. Using this saved money in other areas of our economy can only be beneficial to everyone. Let's kick all the people in prison for petty crimes out of the jail and into rehabilitation centers or programs. It cannot cost more to rehabilitate these people than to incarcerate them. Our priorities as a country are so messed up when it comes to criminals. Can you imagine if we decreased our prison rate by 25%? We might have enough money to keep children from starving or veterans from being homeless. -NAvyAME789
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