I think the most shocking fact that I read in this article would be that only seven jurisdictions account for 48% of the prison population. I can not fathom how many people are crammed into those prisons. Another fact that I read is that correctional supervision fell for the seventh consecutive year. This a sign that the government is starting to realize they can't keep jailing all these non violent offenders. Its a step in the right direction. I found that Texas has the most population that is under supervision by the correctional system. It is equally as intriguing that Vermont has the least adults under supervision by the correction system. In 2014 Georgia had the highest supervision rate in the country, which sort of makes sense because Atlanta is a huge city and there is bound to be a decent amount of crime in such a big city. JE003
It looks like to me its been going up and down but not by to much so hopefully they can do something to drop that number by alo of its crazy to see how many people are locked up and Seven jurisdictions account for almost half 48% of the U.S. correctional pop thats crazy amount to think about. I think its time to try lower this number surpised to see how many women are locked up surpised ohio is so far up but i think we are heading down a good road becuase you can see that it slow getting smaller i cant believe how many people are locked up in genral 7 plus million and 4 million on parloe probation hopfully next 5 10 years that number drops big time.cowboys003
Okay wait, I'm sorry. I must not be reading this correctly. Slightly under seven million people under supervision in the correctional field in 2014; and form 2007 until then, the numbers had only been reducing by a single percentage. Although these numbers, when compared to that of the entire U.S. population don't seem very large, they're still scary. It's obvious that we are the most jailing country in the world. Thank God however that we, since 2000, have been increasing the amount of people we allow on parole, even if it was just one fifth of a percent increase from 2013-2014. The more non-violent, well rehabilitated people we release from incarceration, there will be a linear increase of quality and efficiency (i.e. cheaper and better). I vote we increase these numbers even more steadily than we already are because, over later years noted, the increase seems to be reaching a plateau. CK003
I thought it was a little it bit more than seven million people under supervision in the correctional field in 2014. Giving the fact that there are a lot of crimes being committed. I strongly believe in the rehabilitation system and actually helping the criminals get back on there feet.-K9003
One of the most interesting thing to me is that "prisoners accounted for 23% of offenders under correctional supervision at yearend 2014." the reason its interesting to me is because part of that 23% is men and women who were wrongly convicted. Which partially my topic of my paper in English. The second interesting thing I read was "community supervision population declined during 2104, accounting for all of the decrease in the correctional population." Basically its stating that community supervision just kept moving along when crimes occurred, which caused a decrease in correctional. But everyone knows that not all law enforcement are corrupt. Because towards the end of 2014 the numbers of inmates increased in state, federal, and local jails. The third interesting thing was the DCRP "is the only national statistical collection to obtain comprehensive information about deaths in adult correctional facilities." The reason I picked this statement is because for one I never even heard of the (DCRP) and for two it shows that people actually care about deaths inside the jails. Fourth interesting thing was back in late 2013 and early 2014, that I forgot to mention earlier was that "community supervision decline from 1,950 to 1,910 per 100,000 adults." Which was interesting because you would think that it would go up because in southern Illinois crime went up. For my fifth and last interesting thing was "Seven Jurisdiction account for almost half 48% of the U.S. correctional population." I actually thought it was nine Jurisdictions instead of seven. So I as you can see there was quite a bit of things that made me interested. -K9003
This article neither impresses me nor surprises me. Mainly because the policing in 2007 is much different than the policing done 2014 that's why the incarcerated population decreased by 88%. You hear it everyday about how back in the early 90's with the war on drugs and how little Johnny got 20 years of prison for selling a kilo of cocaine. Well now since the laws have changed so much and the entire aspect of looking at a some crimes have changed then the punishments of those crimes will change to. And in my own personal experience I feel like someone in Washington saw how much money the government was spending on prisoners a day they told everyone who had some sort of authority over somebody to quit arresting so much that its cheaper to give them community service or parole. With Il. being the tenth most incarcerated state in the nation it really made me wonder what were some of the top crimes in the top ten states. I know murder, theft, and assault were the top in the nation but does different states have more or less murders/theft due to the climate, environment, ect. And if the punishment delt to them is different due to the fact of the officer that arrested them. For example are there more violant acts of crime in Texas due tot he fact its so hot and everyones grumpy in the heat? probably not but it's these theorys that make me wonder -bikemaker033
The first thing that surprised me was that the correctional population has declined by an annual average of 1.0 % since 2007. The reason this surprises me is because I think that this number is extremely low and should be a lot lower. Seven jurisdictions accounted for almost half of the U.S corrections population at the end of 2014. I find this interesting because that is a small amount of places to house some many prisoners. In table 1 I through it was interesting to see that the numbers for total and probation and local jails and prisons basically stay the same over the years. The decline in the probation population from 2007 to 2014 accounted for 88% of the decrease in the correctional population. This was the largest decline among all correctional populations. On figure 3 the estimated total population supervised by U.S correctional systems, by jurisdiction shows Illinois being right up in the first 25 % and that really surprised me to see that my own state houses so many prisoners. GRUNT003
In the year 2007, there were 7,339,600 people were under adult supervision, to the year 2013 of 6,903,200 people. This is kind of low, considering the laws and restrictions that implemented every year to help these people. There was only a decrease of 436,400 people over the 6 year span... I feel like as if the government is chipping ice off of a ice burg, using only a ice pick. Then from 2013 to 2014 there was only .8% decline, this isn't even enough to round down, but to round up. This means there weren't even a 1% difference. As statistics shows from 2000-2014 the population of people undergo some sort of adult corrections system is more or less a pretty straight line that has a slight ups and downs. The distribution of correctional population incarcerated through out the states were pretty shocking, Rhode Island at 87.5%! The number of people who are incarcerated in Illinois in 2014 was at 57,200 landing my state at 14th. Seeing all these statistics, I feel like our current government have the ability to keep the numbers rather steady, but decreasing it dramatically does not seem to be happening any time sooner. JupiorZ003
I think the most shocking fact that I read in this article would be that only seven jurisdictions account for 48% of the prison population. I can not fathom how many people are crammed into those prisons. Another fact that I read is that correctional supervision fell for the seventh consecutive year. This a sign that the government is starting to realize they can't keep jailing all these non violent offenders. Its a step in the right direction. I found that Texas has the most population that is under supervision by the correctional system. It is equally as intriguing that Vermont has the least adults under supervision by the correction system. In 2014 Georgia had the highest supervision rate in the country, which sort of makes sense because Atlanta is a huge city and there is bound to be a decent amount of crime in such a big city. JE003
ReplyDeleteIt looks like to me its been going up and down but not by to much so hopefully they can do something to drop that number by alo of its crazy to see how many people are locked up and Seven jurisdictions account for almost half 48% of the U.S. correctional pop thats crazy amount to think about. I think its time to try lower this number surpised to see how many women are locked up surpised ohio is so far up but i think we are heading down a good road becuase you can see that it slow getting smaller i cant believe how many people are locked up in genral 7 plus million and 4 million on parloe probation hopfully next 5 10 years that number drops big time.cowboys003
ReplyDeleteOkay wait, I'm sorry. I must not be reading this correctly. Slightly under seven million people under supervision in the correctional field in 2014; and form 2007 until then, the numbers had only been reducing by a single percentage. Although these numbers, when compared to that of the entire U.S. population don't seem very large, they're still scary. It's obvious that we are the most jailing country in the world. Thank God however that we, since 2000, have been increasing the amount of people we allow on parole, even if it was just one fifth of a percent increase from 2013-2014. The more non-violent, well rehabilitated people we release from incarceration, there will be a linear increase of quality and efficiency (i.e. cheaper and better). I vote we increase these numbers even more steadily than we already are because, over later years noted, the increase seems to be reaching a plateau. CK003
ReplyDeleteI thought it was a little it bit more than seven million people under supervision in the correctional field in 2014. Giving the fact that there are a lot of crimes being committed. I strongly believe in the rehabilitation system and actually helping the criminals get back on there feet.-K9003
DeleteOne of the most interesting thing to me is that "prisoners accounted for 23% of offenders under correctional supervision at yearend 2014." the reason its interesting to me is because part of that 23% is men and women who were wrongly convicted. Which partially my topic of my paper in English. The second interesting thing I read was "community supervision population declined during 2104, accounting for all of the decrease in the correctional population." Basically its stating that community supervision just kept moving along when crimes occurred, which caused a decrease in correctional. But everyone knows that not all law enforcement are corrupt. Because towards the end of 2014 the numbers of inmates increased in state, federal, and local jails. The third interesting thing was the DCRP "is the only national statistical collection to obtain comprehensive information about deaths in adult correctional facilities." The reason I picked this statement is because for one I never even heard of the (DCRP) and for two it shows that people actually care about deaths inside the jails. Fourth interesting thing was back in late 2013 and early 2014, that I forgot to mention earlier was that "community supervision decline from 1,950 to 1,910 per 100,000 adults." Which was interesting because you would think that it would go up because in southern Illinois crime went up. For my fifth and last interesting thing was "Seven Jurisdiction account for almost half 48% of the U.S. correctional population." I actually thought it was nine Jurisdictions instead of seven. So I as you can see there was quite a bit of things that made me interested. -K9003
ReplyDeleteThis article neither impresses me nor surprises me. Mainly because the policing in 2007 is much different than the policing done 2014 that's why the incarcerated population decreased by 88%. You hear it everyday about how back in the early 90's with the war on drugs and how little Johnny got 20 years of prison for selling a kilo of cocaine. Well now since the laws have changed so much and the entire aspect of looking at a some crimes have changed then the punishments of those crimes will change to. And in my own personal experience I feel like someone in Washington saw how much money the government was spending on prisoners a day they told everyone who had some sort of authority over somebody to quit arresting so much that its cheaper to give them community service or parole. With Il. being the tenth most incarcerated state in the nation it really made me wonder what were some of the top crimes in the top ten states. I know murder, theft, and assault were the top in the nation but does different states have more or less murders/theft due to the climate, environment, ect. And if the punishment delt to them is different due to the fact of the officer that arrested them. For example are there more violant acts of crime in Texas due tot he fact its so hot and everyones grumpy in the heat? probably not but it's these theorys that make me wonder
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The first thing that surprised me was that the correctional population has declined by an annual average of 1.0 % since 2007. The reason this surprises me is because I think that this number is extremely low and should be a lot lower. Seven jurisdictions accounted for almost half of the U.S corrections population at the end of 2014. I find this interesting because that is a small amount of places to house some many prisoners. In table 1 I through it was interesting to see that the numbers for total and probation and local jails and prisons basically stay the same over the years. The decline in the probation population from 2007 to 2014 accounted for 88% of the decrease in the correctional population. This was the largest decline among all correctional populations. On figure 3 the estimated total population supervised by U.S correctional systems, by jurisdiction shows Illinois being right up in the first 25 % and that really surprised me to see that my own state houses so many prisoners.
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In the year 2007, there were 7,339,600 people were under adult supervision, to the year 2013 of 6,903,200 people. This is kind of low, considering the laws and restrictions that implemented every year to help these people. There was only a decrease of 436,400 people over the 6 year span... I feel like as if the government is chipping ice off of a ice burg, using only a ice pick. Then from 2013 to 2014 there was only .8% decline, this isn't even enough to round down, but to round up. This means there weren't even a 1% difference. As statistics shows from 2000-2014 the population of people undergo some sort of adult corrections system is more or less a pretty straight line that has a slight ups and downs. The distribution of correctional population incarcerated through out the states were pretty shocking, Rhode Island at 87.5%! The number of people who are incarcerated in Illinois in 2014 was at 57,200 landing my state at 14th. Seeing all these statistics, I feel like our current government have the ability to keep the numbers rather steady, but decreasing it dramatically does not seem to be happening any time sooner. JupiorZ003
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