I think that it is a good idea to reform the different sentencing that can get you sent to prison. If someone is convicted of a small crime that is basically harmless or a small drug offense there is no need to put then in prison for so many years that just adds unneeded bodies in the prison when they could be on probation or in a rehab facility. It can also save a lot of money; it takes a lot to pay to incarcerate someone for any amount of time but if the states send smaller offences to facilities like a rehab or mental health facility they can save money now and in the long run because it could provide much needed help to the person. I don’t think that making some of the harder drugs a misdemeanor like Alaska is because they may be going too light on the person but I could agree that a long time in prison is unneeded if it is such a small amount of harder drugs; they could be sent to jail for a while, possibly get out early and then have to mandatorily be in a drug addiction facility to help them beat their habit and help prevent possible future instances with drug abuse. Birdman789
I think what they are trying to do is smart. They could really bring down the prisons and jail rates but to what cost? Will people start thinking that they will be able to get away with more? Or will they think that its a good thing as well and not do crimes? I think that if they are repeat offenders then they should get more time and put back to how things were. But if its a first time thing they should just get some punishment and keep them out of jail. If they don't learn show them some more punishment and more on from there. Moving onto California, that is incredible that that worked. It was a pretty good statistic to bring that up.
I think it could be a good idea to punish a first time offender so that it can deter a few of them. For the idea of the repeat offender the deterrence factor probably isn’t the way to go because it didn’t stop them the first time and could potential be the same outcome the other times. So rehabilitation could teach them to take responsibility for their actions. Birdman789
I agree with you when you say will people think they can get away with more? there are a lot of things that come to mind with me as well when we start talking about rehabilitation. I think its a good idea for first time offenders, but yes when someone is a repeat offender, we just start wasting all this money and time and effort into something that just isn't going to happen. The criminal justice system cannot save everyone. Theres only so many resources and so much time. -dicaprio789
Juvenile Justice: I'm going to have to say I agree on this one. Anything before my late teens was a complete fog. Girls, Cars, Money, and Drinking. Only into my early 20's did I actually start 'maturing'. I had both my nephews live with me for quite some time on two separate occasions (early to late teens). These boys were not all quite there cognitively. So this Juvenile portion of the article speaks to me. Moving the expressed age for reasoning to 25 is a little rediculous. Cuomo has a sound move by not housing these young offenders in with the aged population. For one, you can pick up a lot of bad habits from the career guys in there. If you didn't know how to be a good criminal before you went in you will before you get out. A 16 yo. with a B&E doesn't need to housed with a serial anything! I wonder if the introduction into the regular population would scare them? Like these shows you see where they take the trouble youth into prisons to let them get first hand knowledge what its like to be incarcerated. Doberman789
I think it's a good idea to reform the the system. A lot of people are in prison for nonviolent crimes. If they would re-access the system they would notice that and release or shorten the sentence of a lot of the nonviolent offenders.I think if they are first time offenders they should get released and put on probation depending gone the crime the committed. A lot of them will learn from the experience and not commit crimes anymore. If they are repeat offenders I think they should keep them in prison and possibly shorten their sentence deepening on the crime. I think the repeat offender should have to stay in because they obviously didn't learn the first time they got in trouble so the will probably just end up back in prison if we release them early. They would also save a lot of money due to not having so many prisoners or having them in prison for shorter times. It cost a lot to provide for prisoner so they changes could end up saving a lot of money. dragons789
I agree with you the US needs to re-access the system because the non violent drug offenders were thrown in jail for the wrong reason. With this new prison reform it will not only right the wrong that happened to people but it will save a ton more money and some of that money can help put those locked up and released a better chance. -Godzilla789
This whole article was very interesting but what stuck out to me the most was the section about juveniles. The juvenile system does need to be reformed because they are just kids and they have their whole lives ahead of them and need to learn about the real world. If a kid is incarcerated with an adult, especially a career criminal they would pick up on their bad habits. I liked the idea of juveniles being housed separately from adults. Another interesting section of this article was the part about parole and probation changes. Its nice to see that the prisons are looking to have the prisoners fit in better with society. This is good because the reason with the recidivism rate is so high is because the offenders aren't learning how society changed while they were in their (this is especially important for people who have been in their for several years). They don't know anything but prison life and they go back to what they know. Being on probation or parole will help them fit in better.
The part of this article that stood out most to me was the part of reevaluating the juvenile justice programs because recently courts are recognizing that the frontal lobe is not fully developed until the age of 25. This theory has been knocked around in psychological fields for the better part of a decade already and only in December of last year did New York take this under consideration? I had no idea that juveniles aged 16-17 were held in the confines of 18 years and up. This has got to prove as one of the best examples as to why prisons need reformation. A juvenile’s well-being is destroyed if they are instantly taken from their youth to hardline living conditions. A lot of the information has strong foundations for measuring and reducing recidivism rates positively. Florida, Massachusetts, and Virginia scraping mandatory minimums and giving judges more power for issuing sentences can have a much more individual connection to a crime by crime basis. Kentucky voting to allow convicts of most Class D felonies to get a second chance is a good stepping stone for measuring new ways of helping inmates. This leads to the dollar example of how much did individuals steal or have on them in drug possession charges. As stated in the article the reduction of felonies to misdemeanors could have a big impact on women, seeing as they are the fastest growing nonviolent offenders serving drug crimes. Treatment programs being issued in drug courts, such as in Utah, will have a long-term effect on society and a huge sociological impact. To me this means much more to the betterment of society, more than not ever giving offenders a chance to prove their worth. This is a new generation and having a second chance could turn the country into the leader of rehabilitation and drug treatment. - StrongArm789
contreras12 While i was reading this article it explain what tool they use in different states now day police use body camera so it help them to identify what is going on when they arrest the people it explain different way.
The system is really trying to undo the decades of damages done because of the "get tough on crime" mind set which warranted a lot of this madness in the beginning. We have casted the Nets too wide and pulling them back will not be enough. There has to be a form of checks and balances because people will find exploits in the system and will abuse them. I am not suggesting a point system because they typically don't work well. I think we have to have opportunities that allow the inmate to have self worth.
This is a very interesting report from Pew Trusts. Overall, the article focuses on the strategies that some specific states use to punish their criminals. I found it interesting that in 2014, California approved how the state classifies some of its crimes. Some crimes that are nonviolent in nature were reclassified as misdemeanors. One of the most important points of the article, in my opinion, was the changes to parole and probation. The article stated that many states were trying to transition offenders out of prison and give them help to shift back into society. I believe that this is a great initiative, because many people need help to transition back into society. It would be a great move to give these people the support they need to not return to prison. Reformation is a plausible solution and could help the government as well, because as always, the money could be spent elsewhere. Silverado789
This is especially true. Juveniles should be protected. Yes sometimes they make mistakes, but reformation and rehabilitation should be used to their advantages. Your information on the biology of children and their brains is also extremely useful and backs up your point well. Silverado789
This article was very interesting, but what sticks out the most to me is the juvenile system. I agree 100% that they need to start reforming juveniles. Like what I said on the last blog about the little girl being killed by those other children. I don't really believe they should just be thrown away into the system. I don't think as juveniles we are not fully developed, even in psychology they say the brain isn't fully developed. What we do as teenagers doesn't really reflect who we will become to be. I can tell you what I did as a teen, drinking and partying all the time in high school I am the complete opposite now that I'm going to be coming into my 20's. We need time to grow and live and learn right from wrong. I think what might happen with a lot of juveniles thrown into the system they will copy the behavior of the adults that they see. They don't even get a chance, to correctly grow as they should. We need to really think about that as we deem people criminals. We all need to think about that when they just lock people up, everyone deserves the chance to be rehabilitated. -dicaprio789
I think this article shows how many improvements the criminal justice system is trying to make. The different strategies of sentencing are really good. Checking into the persons life a little bit before you decide to sentence someone is one of the best ones I think. The rehabilitation part is the biggest if you ask me. If someone is actually given the help and counseling they need, when they return back to society they will more likely be able to fit in and not come back to prison. KLICK789
Its disgusting to think that the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the World! We call ourselves "The Land Of The Free". What a joke. Most of the people in prison are Non violent drug offenders who should have the option to do drugs with they want to (Depending on the drug most drugs should be illegal still but prison isn't the answer). I think its an exciting time to see that the US is finally stepping towards rehabilitation instead of harsh punishment. Some states are even thinking about wiping away all drug charges from the war on drugs which in my opinion is not a step in the right direction but a giant leap towards a more independent America. Godzilla789
I agree with you on how bad it is to see the fact that we are the highest incarcerating country in the world. Its a sad fact. But you have to remember that yes not every one is in there for violent offenses but they could have lead to it or had a history of violent offenses. Jfl789
This article is talking about the rate of criminals being sentenced to jail or prison, the changing of crime sentences and a few other things. The two I named were the biggest in my opinion. So the United States have the most people in the correction system in the entire world. Most of you know that already but the benefit of that is the chance of changing it I know it’s a sad thing to say but its the true. Now we have the opertunity to fix it and understand what we are doing wrong. How we are going to fix that is by changing the length of some crimes through the felony to misdemeanors. Also through the work of probation and parole getting shorter. Those are the two big ways of doing it and I think it will be a good start. Jfl789
Get tough on crime, so we as tax payers can help give these men an all paid for vacation. I enjoy seeing these facts in this article, like how the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Is this why we're in debt? Because out of 36 adults, at least one is tied up with a form of corrections. I remember hearing that we are slowly doing away with the option of parole. I don't see why. If we can have the inmate out on the streets making money while being watched, I feel like that would be better for everyone. He/she would be out and have to feed themselves, they would be able to see what's important in their lives at home, and they wouldn't be locked up with other inmates spreading criminal knowledge. -Ibanez789
This article focuses on the importance of reforming our system in order to get control of recidivism rates. Some of the things that are important to consider include why drug offenders are being incarcerated for as long as they are and why they are continuing to come back so often. If there are changes made in sentencing, or reducing felonies, etc. as have occurred in other states, it seems to benefit the overcrowding issues we have in our correction systems. I liked that this article brought light to the fact that most offenders do not plan on going back to criminal behavior, but they find that once they get out, even one small mistake can lead to a long path down the same road they have been on (criminal). Cards789
I think that it is a good idea to reform the different sentencing that can get you sent to prison. If someone is convicted of a small crime that is basically harmless or a small drug offense there is no need to put then in prison for so many years that just adds unneeded bodies in the prison when they could be on probation or in a rehab facility. It can also save a lot of money; it takes a lot to pay to incarcerate someone for any amount of time but if the states send smaller offences to facilities like a rehab or mental health facility they can save money now and in the long run because it could provide much needed help to the person. I don’t think that making some of the harder drugs a misdemeanor like Alaska is because they may be going too light on the person but I could agree that a long time in prison is unneeded if it is such a small amount of harder drugs; they could be sent to jail for a while, possibly get out early and then have to mandatorily be in a drug addiction facility to help them beat their habit and help prevent possible future instances with drug abuse. Birdman789
ReplyDeleteI think what they are trying to do is smart. They could really bring down the prisons and jail rates but to what cost? Will people start thinking that they will be able to get away with more? Or will they think that its a good thing as well and not do crimes? I think that if they are repeat offenders then they should get more time and put back to how things were. But if its a first time thing they should just get some punishment and keep them out of jail. If they don't learn show them some more punishment and more on from there. Moving onto California, that is incredible that that worked. It was a pretty good statistic to bring that up.
ReplyDeleteI think it could be a good idea to punish a first time offender so that it can deter a few of them. For the idea of the repeat offender the deterrence factor probably isn’t the way to go because it didn’t stop them the first time and could potential be the same outcome the other times. So rehabilitation could teach them to take responsibility for their actions. Birdman789
DeleteI agree with you when you say will people think they can get away with more? there are a lot of things that come to mind with me as well when we start talking about rehabilitation. I think its a good idea for first time offenders, but yes when someone is a repeat offender, we just start wasting all this money and time and effort into something that just isn't going to happen. The criminal justice system cannot save everyone. Theres only so many resources and so much time. -dicaprio789
DeleteJuvenile Justice: I'm going to have to say I agree on this one. Anything before my late teens was a complete fog. Girls, Cars, Money, and Drinking. Only into my early 20's did I actually start 'maturing'. I had both my nephews live with me for quite some time on two separate occasions (early to late teens). These boys were not all quite there cognitively. So this Juvenile portion of the article speaks to me. Moving the expressed age for reasoning to 25 is a little rediculous. Cuomo has a sound move by not housing these young offenders in with the aged population. For one, you can pick up a lot of bad habits from the career guys in there. If you didn't know how to be a good criminal before you went in you will before you get out. A 16 yo. with a B&E doesn't need to housed with a serial anything! I wonder if the introduction into the regular population would scare them? Like these shows you see where they take the trouble youth into prisons to let them get first hand knowledge what its like to be incarcerated. Doberman789
ReplyDeleteI think it's a good idea to reform the the system. A lot of people are in prison for nonviolent crimes. If they would re-access the system they would notice that and release or shorten the sentence of a lot of the nonviolent offenders.I think if they are first time offenders they should get released and put on probation depending gone the crime the committed. A lot of them will learn from the experience and not commit crimes anymore. If they are repeat offenders I think they should keep them in prison and possibly shorten their sentence deepening on the crime. I think the repeat offender should have to stay in because they obviously didn't learn the first time they got in trouble so the will probably just end up back in prison if we release them early. They would also save a lot of money due to not having so many prisoners or having them in prison for shorter times. It cost a lot to provide for prisoner so they changes could end up saving a lot of money. dragons789
ReplyDeleteI agree with you the US needs to re-access the system because the non violent drug offenders were thrown in jail for the wrong reason. With this new prison reform it will not only right the wrong that happened to people but it will save a ton more money and some of that money can help put those locked up and released a better chance. -Godzilla789
DeleteThis whole article was very interesting but what stuck out to me the most was the section about juveniles. The juvenile system does need to be reformed because they are just kids and they have their whole lives ahead of them and need to learn about the real world. If a kid is incarcerated with an adult, especially a career criminal they would pick up on their bad habits. I liked the idea of juveniles being housed separately from adults. Another interesting section of this article was the part about parole and probation changes. Its nice to see that the prisons are looking to have the prisoners fit in better with society. This is good because the reason with the recidivism rate is so high is because the offenders aren't learning how society changed while they were in their (this is especially important for people who have been in their for several years). They don't know anything but prison life and they go back to what they know. Being on probation or parole will help them fit in better.
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The part of this article that stood out most to me was the part of reevaluating the juvenile justice programs because recently courts are recognizing that the frontal lobe is not fully developed until the age of 25. This theory has been knocked around in psychological fields for the better part of a decade already and only in December of last year did New York take this under consideration? I had no idea that juveniles aged 16-17 were held in the confines of 18 years and up. This has got to prove as one of the best examples as to why prisons need reformation. A juvenile’s well-being is destroyed if they are instantly taken from their youth to hardline living conditions. A lot of the information has strong foundations for measuring and reducing recidivism rates positively. Florida, Massachusetts, and Virginia scraping mandatory minimums and giving judges more power for issuing sentences can have a much more individual connection to a crime by crime basis. Kentucky voting to allow convicts of most Class D felonies to get a second chance is a good stepping stone for measuring new ways of helping inmates. This leads to the dollar example of how much did individuals steal or have on them in drug possession charges. As stated in the article the reduction of felonies to misdemeanors could have a big impact on women, seeing as they are the fastest growing nonviolent offenders serving drug crimes. Treatment programs being issued in drug courts, such as in Utah, will have a long-term effect on society and a huge sociological impact. To me this means much more to the betterment of society, more than not ever giving offenders a chance to prove their worth. This is a new generation and having a second chance could turn the country into the leader of rehabilitation and drug treatment. - StrongArm789
ReplyDeletecontreras12 While i was reading this article it explain what tool they use in different states now day police use body camera so it help them to identify what is going on when they arrest the people it explain different way.
ReplyDeleteThe system is really trying to undo the decades of damages done because of the "get tough on crime" mind set which warranted a lot of this madness in the beginning. We have casted the Nets too wide and pulling them back will not be enough. There has to be a form of checks and balances because people will find exploits in the system and will abuse them. I am not suggesting a point system because they typically don't work well.
ReplyDeleteI think we have to have opportunities that allow the inmate to have self worth.
Palmdaddy789
This is a very interesting report from Pew Trusts. Overall, the article focuses on the strategies that some specific states use to punish their criminals. I found it interesting that in 2014, California approved how the state classifies some of its crimes. Some crimes that are nonviolent in nature were reclassified as misdemeanors. One of the most important points of the article, in my opinion, was the changes to parole and probation. The article stated that many states were trying to transition offenders out of prison and give them help to shift back into society. I believe that this is a great initiative, because many people need help to transition back into society. It would be a great move to give these people the support they need to not return to prison. Reformation is a plausible solution and could help the government as well, because as always, the money could be spent elsewhere.
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This is especially true. Juveniles should be protected. Yes sometimes they make mistakes, but reformation and rehabilitation should be used to their advantages. Your information on the biology of children and their brains is also extremely useful and backs up your point well.
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This article was very interesting, but what sticks out the most to me is the juvenile system. I agree 100% that they need to start reforming juveniles. Like what I said on the last blog about the little girl being killed by those other children. I don't really believe they should just be thrown away into the system. I don't think as juveniles we are not fully developed, even in psychology they say the brain isn't fully developed. What we do as teenagers doesn't really reflect who we will become to be. I can tell you what I did as a teen, drinking and partying all the time in high school I am the complete opposite now that I'm going to be coming into my 20's. We need time to grow and live and learn right from wrong. I think what might happen with a lot of juveniles thrown into the system they will copy the behavior of the adults that they see. They don't even get a chance, to correctly grow as they should. We need to really think about that as we deem people criminals. We all need to think about that when they just lock people up, everyone deserves the chance to be rehabilitated. -dicaprio789
ReplyDeleteI think this article shows how many improvements the criminal justice system is trying to make. The different strategies of sentencing are really good. Checking into the persons life a little bit before you decide to sentence someone is one of the best ones I think. The rehabilitation part is the biggest if you ask me. If someone is actually given the help and counseling they need, when they return back to society they will more likely be able to fit in and not come back to prison.
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Its disgusting to think that the United States has the highest incarceration rate in the World! We call ourselves "The Land Of The Free". What a joke. Most of the people in prison are Non violent drug offenders who should have the option to do drugs with they want to (Depending on the drug most drugs should be illegal still but prison isn't the answer). I think its an exciting time to see that the US is finally stepping towards rehabilitation instead of harsh punishment. Some states are even thinking about wiping away all drug charges from the war on drugs which in my opinion is not a step in the right direction but a giant leap towards a more independent America. Godzilla789
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on how bad it is to see the fact that we are the highest incarcerating country in the world. Its a sad fact. But you have to remember that yes not every one is in there for violent offenses but they could have lead to it or had a history of violent offenses.
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This article is talking about the rate of criminals being sentenced to jail or prison, the changing of crime sentences and a few other things. The two I named were the biggest in my opinion. So the United States have the most people in the correction system in the entire world. Most of you know that already but the benefit of that is the chance of changing it I know it’s a sad thing to say but its the true. Now we have the opertunity to fix it and understand what we are doing wrong. How we are going to fix that is by changing the length of some crimes through the felony to misdemeanors. Also through the work of probation and parole getting shorter. Those are the two big ways of doing it and I think it will be a good start.
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Get tough on crime, so we as tax payers can help give these men an all paid for vacation. I enjoy seeing these facts in this article, like how the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Is this why we're in debt? Because out of 36 adults, at least one is tied up with a form of corrections. I remember hearing that we are slowly doing away with the option of parole. I don't see why. If we can have the inmate out on the streets making money while being watched, I feel like that would be better for everyone. He/she would be out and have to feed themselves, they would be able to see what's important in their lives at home, and they wouldn't be locked up with other inmates spreading criminal knowledge.
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This article focuses on the importance of reforming our system in order to get control of recidivism rates. Some of the things that are important to consider include why drug offenders are being incarcerated for as long as they are and why they are continuing to come back so often. If there are changes made in sentencing, or reducing felonies, etc. as have occurred in other states, it seems to benefit the overcrowding issues we have in our correction systems. I liked that this article brought light to the fact that most offenders do not plan on going back to criminal behavior, but they find that once they get out, even one small mistake can lead to a long path down the same road they have been on (criminal). Cards789
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