When looking through the data one fact stood out right away the data suggests from the data gather and published December 31st, 2018 is that there is an outstanding number of males in prison that year in comparison to females. One factor when looking through the data gather in terms of number convicted of certain crimes males on this list were more associated with having crimes that are mostly done of the sense of impulses. The second thing of interest I found was we have a million and a half prisoners in state and federal custody in 2011 which decreased from 2009 by one hundred thousand people. I know as we are seeing how people are affected by this mass incarnation the pentelites this does to this people, their families and us as tax payers. A fact that was eye opening is that many of these people who are thrown into the mix of being in state or federal prison have not even had a trail where they were given a sentence for length of time that would be served. The third fact that stood out was, as people had been released from federal prison as part of their sentencing guidelines they had a certain period that they could be supervised by law enforcement once released. The fourth fact was, that looking through the data all states and even crimes punished by the federal government are slowly lowering overtime inside of their prison population. The fifth fact that stood out is that, for the people who are in the age bracket 25-40 these individuals were at the highest risk of having the likely hood of serving time in prison as these age groups are almost 5% higher than any other age group to be put behind bars I guess a theory to explain this is this age group is more exposed to the real world, faces more responsibility and with responsibility comes more risk as well. eagle789
This article was very informative and I feel as though I am going to use it later in the class as it is a good source. This source outlined a lot of things and one that personally popped out to me is the relatively decreasing prison population. It shows slow but good progress within the Unites States’ correctional system. This is obviously a good thing and I would like more on how this cane to be. I believe it is more the release of nonviolent criminals and the lowering of less serious violations of the law. These would be things such as marijuana charges and nonviolent drug crimes. One of the outline is presented were that a little less than half were because of drug law violations. This, I believe, show be fixed, again, because most of them are nonviolent and the charges are usually disproportionate to the actual crime committed. The faster this is fixed, the faster the government and correctional system will be able to use the money elsewhere. This could help the taxpayer and the US because this money can be used better in the correctional system and they will not need as much from the government and, in turn, the taxpayer. Another outline in the paper was that, 2,300 less prisoners were detained in 2016 than last year. This also shows a descent decline in the US criminal population or at least that it is starting to be fix. Something has happened to the correctional system in the US. I hope that this trend continues and that it will continue to help everyone possible for the future of the US. –TheMarshall789
Decreasing in the prison population stood at to me as more but I think this also shows that culture is starting to gain some maturity that it had lacked in the past. Less serious violations of the law and non violet offenses should also be taken into consideration when looking at the impact of the sentence and what individual will do once released from prison. I hope this is also a trend that will contitne to develop as for these people this makes it where individuals can develop their lives and that with loved ones as well which is the overall goal from the start. eagle789
This article contained some very interesting info to look at. 1) One thing I found interesting was on Dec. 31, 2016, states held fewer than 1,000 prisoners age 17 or younger in adult facilities. This tells us that juveniles are not being arrested as much and are not being put into adult facilities as much either. 2) Another stat that caught my eye was one that described how more than half (57%) of Hispanic federal prisoners in 2016 were convicted of a drug offense, and nearly a quarter (23%) were serving time for an adjudicated immigration offense. If drug offenses were taken more lightly, these people wouldn't be adding to the problem of overcrowding within our prisons today. Also, illegal immigrants need to be sent back home ASAP. By keeping them locked up for a time before sending them back, the problem of overcrowding continues to grow. 3) A third interesting stat was one talking again about overcrowding were at year-end 2016, a total of 14 states and the BOP met or exceeded the maximum measure of their prisons facilities' capacity. This stat shows us how overcrowding is becoming a bigger problem and more and more states are facing this problem every day. 4) One stat that I find astounding is federal prisoners held in private prisons decreased by 800 prisoners (down 2%) between 2015 and 2016. This is amazing to see how even though overcrowding is a problem in our prisons, it seems that overcrowding may be slightly declining in some places. 5) The final fact that I found interesting was the one discussing how beginning in December 2015 and continuing into the following year, the Illinois DOC initiated a major information technology transition, moving to a web-based offender tracking system. I really like this system as it makes it a lot easier for criminal law professionals to be able to track offenders. -Fozz789
This article contained some very interesting information that caught my eye. 1) One thing that I found interesting was that in the year of 2016 there was twice as many white females incarcerated then both black and hispanic females. This caught my eye because based on society today you usually think that blacks or hispanics are the ones being incarcerated but it flips when gender hits. 2.) Another thing that interested me was that in 2016 we had the highest black to white racial disparity which was that black males where 11.8 times more likely to be incarcerated then the white man. It wasn't a big shock about the race factor, what inturn interested me was that it was the highest ever which made me confused because I believe it was much more tense back in the day. 3.) Another big statistic to me was that when 2016 ended 13% of U.S. population consisted of federal prisoners. This was a big shock to me because that is to many people incarcerated and probably about half of those people shouldn't be in their for petty crimes. 4.) Another stat about females was that closing the year of 2016 was that 7% of the population was females. This was a huge surprise because that means the female incarceration rates have increased big time and now you will start to see a lot more females incarcerated. 5.) The last very interesting big fact was that from 2015 to 2016 the number of prisoners that were incarcerated for more than a year decreased in 30 states. Which to my is very crazy because it means that more and more people are being put in jail for little petty crimes. Which I believe is why we have such high overcrowding in jails based that they want to lock anyone up they can get their hands on. Hollywood789
A lots of information and great article with lots of statistics for sure! (1). There have been about 1.5 million prisoners incarcerated in 2016 with only 1% reduction since 2015 under federal corrections. That’s almost nothing! Now I see why our prisons are so packed. (2). In table 1 (Page 3) shows over the years from 2006-2016 theirs been an estimated 1.5 to 1.6 incarcerations made and numbers are very similar, basically nothing has changed. Numbers are very stable, and building about 3 prisons each month. (3). The only states with least incarcerations are Alabama, Indiana, Oklahoma, Michigan, and numbers range somewhere in between 1000 to 1900 less prisoners. At least some states are trying to keep prisons less full. (4). Only 7% of females made up for the national prison in 2016. There are barely any females incarcerated while half of them are men. Crazy! (5). States prisons held about 1.2 prisoners that have been sentenced more than 1 year since 2016. Some percentages are high on groups of men, while female are very steady. Though, numbers of incarcerations are very high I thought. From overall the numbers that I saw, numbers were close from state and federal. - LILPUMP789
It is amazing that we have lowered the prison population by so much in such a little amount of time. The statistic that really blew my mind was that from 2009 - 2016 there was a 7 percent decrease in prison population which was a little over 100,000 prisoners under federal jurisdiction. It was also really interesting to see that Illinois had a decrease in prisoners by about 3,000 inmates. It really shows that the states are trying to go easier on petty crimes like possession of marijuana crimes. One of the statistics that really opened my eyes was the race of the people being arrested. By what I have learned in my short career at ICC in the criminal justice program, I know that African Americans are incarcerated at a higher rate than any ethnicity, but seeing the actual rate of African Americans to whites is an unbelievably significant number. The difference is more than 1,400/100,000 people incarcerated. However, when population in prisons decreased for one race, it did for the rests as well. I believe in order to keep a low consistent rate in prison population we have to let up on marijuana crimes. I think that it is absolutely ridiculous that somebody can go to jail for a gram of marijuana or even to prison. Prison population would go down significantly if we saw all of the states ease on marijuana crimes. redman789
I agree it is amazing to see lowered numbers for the prison populations, it is sad that its still in the single digits but still a step in a good direction. I think there are starting to go easier non violent offenders. I agree with what you said regarding loosening up on marijuana crimes, And i believe we are heading in that direction its just going to take time. In this article you can see slow progress which is good. pj789
I think this article showed a lot of cool statistics that you normally do not really notice or recognize. The first statistic I thought was crazy was that 47% of prisoners had been sentenced for drug related offenses. This is a huge amount and honestly very surprising. The second statistic that was interesting was that more than 21% of the people in prisons were not U.S. citizens. To me this is weird because that means that taxpayers are having to pay for these people that are not even in this country legally. The third one was a statistic that said that the number of people in prisons sentenced to 1 year or more has decreased by 1%. It is said the be the third year this has decreased. This may mean that they are not criminalizing things as much or maybe just getting lighter on sentencing. The fourth thing that was really intriguing to me is the the imprisonment rate has decreased. It went from being 459 out of 100,000 to 450 out of 100,000. I think this is a really good thing and a step in the right direction. The last thing That was a big difference between male and female prisoners is that only 7% of the people incarcerated were female. I think this is partially due to male being naturally more aggressive caused by more testosterone. This article was overall really interesting and informative on many levels. I would like to see these statistics for years further down the road to compare with. - ST789
Given the federal government historical role in fueling incarceration Chattier point out federal budge-maker could switch gears to incarcerate smarter and more measured criminal justice policy making. One basic yet effective stem the the federal government should provide funds to states that cut both crime and imprisonment. California Texas and other states succeed by changing financial incentives. They awarded additional funds to local probation departments that reduced the number of people revoked to prison. In this year alone California reduced revocation to prison by 23 percent. In one year Texas reduced the number revoked to prison by 12 percent in both states crime continued to drop. To be sure slowing reserving the nation unprecedented use of correctional control requires a multifaceted and long term approach. But as the other 2016 candidates shape their criminal policy platform they should underestimate the federal budget power to steer state justice policy in positive direction. Gusii 789
This article presents a lot of data to intake. Although some trends seem to continuing other promising numbers are starting to show promise. We may have had 1,505,400 at year end for prisoners under State and federal jurisdiction for 2016, it is still down. It may just one percent it still shows some promise for future imprisonment rates. The story seems to shift a little when you look at privately owned prisons where there was a 2 percent increase at year end of 2016. So although there is progress its seems like greed from privately owned prisons is making us take a step forward and then 2 steps back. Another interesting number to look at was seeing the number of females sentenced was up by 500 prisoners, but the number for all races decreased at year end of 2016. All of this makes me think that we are in a transitional period where those in charge are still debating over a tough on crime stance and a more comprehensive money saving plan. I believe we will continue to see a decrease as these numbers show but it will be a slow and steady pace. This is a bit hopeful stance I’m taking but I know eventually the cost will be far more than the states and federal government are willing to spend, if not already seeing this problem which I hope they have. One surprising and disturbing number was the jurisdictions with more prisoners in custody than they have beds for; Illinois being one of them which is at 138%. Overall it was nice to see some promising numbers but this article does still show how much work we still have to do in this country.
This article had a lot of interesting statistics that I am not one hundred percent sure how to interpret. 1) One thing that I thought was interesting was the disparity in race in prisoners in 2016 being the highest in history. I would have thought that the disparity would have been larger before the civil rights movement. Perhaps black prisoners were more likely to face the death penalty instead of being held in prison in the past which would have caused a lower disparity. Perhaps policing in black communities has increased in this decade. I am eager to investigate this further. 2) I was very surprised that 14 states had reached or exceeded their capacity for prisoners. To me, this says that major adjustments need to be made in America’s criminal justice system. I found the cause to this stat also to be ambiguous. Does this occur because of higher crime rates or long sentences? 3) I was also surprised that the Department of Corrections had not utilized a web-based offender tracking system until 2015. I think it’s a good thing that it is in place now, but it feels very late to be transitioning now. 4) I was very surprised that the incarceration rate for white females was twice than that of black and hispanic females. I am curious as to what the sociological cause is as I know that crime usually tends to correlate with wealth but I also know that white people are generally wealthier than black and hispanic women. I am very curious as to what convictions are common amongst women in America’s prisons. 5) To end a positive note (Maybe), I found it interesting that Illinois has 3000 fewer prisoners this year than it did in 2016. I believe that this is because of the decriminalization of marijuana in many parts of the state. If this is the case, this is a good thing as people do not have to waste their lives in prison for the use of a substance that is not of any real detriment. -Rudedogg789
When looking through the data one fact stood out right away the data suggests from the data gather and published December 31st, 2018 is that there is an outstanding number of males in prison that year in comparison to females. One factor when looking through the data gather in terms of number convicted of certain crimes males on this list were more associated with having crimes that are mostly done of the sense of impulses. The second thing of interest I found was we have a million and a half prisoners in state and federal custody in 2011 which decreased from 2009 by one hundred thousand people. I know as we are seeing how people are affected by this mass incarnation the pentelites this does to this people, their families and us as tax payers. A fact that was eye opening is that many of these people who are thrown into the mix of being in state or federal prison have not even had a trail where they were given a sentence for length of time that would be served. The third fact that stood out was, as people had been released from federal prison as part of their sentencing guidelines they had a certain period that they could be supervised by law enforcement once released. The fourth fact was, that looking through the data all states and even crimes punished by the federal government are slowly lowering overtime inside of their prison population. The fifth fact that stood out is that, for the people who are in the age bracket 25-40 these individuals were at the highest risk of having the likely hood of serving time in prison as these age groups are almost 5% higher than any other age group to be put behind bars I guess a theory to explain this is this age group is more exposed to the real world, faces more responsibility and with responsibility comes more risk as well. eagle789
ReplyDeleteThis article was very informative and I feel as though I am going to use it later in the class as it is a good source. This source outlined a lot of things and one that personally popped out to me is the relatively decreasing prison population. It shows slow but good progress within the Unites States’ correctional system. This is obviously a good thing and I would like more on how this cane to be. I believe it is more the release of nonviolent criminals and the lowering of less serious violations of the law. These would be things such as marijuana charges and nonviolent drug crimes. One of the outline is presented were that a little less than half were because of drug law violations. This, I believe, show be fixed, again, because most of them are nonviolent and the charges are usually disproportionate to the actual crime committed. The faster this is fixed, the faster the government and correctional system will be able to use the money elsewhere. This could help the taxpayer and the US because this money can be used better in the correctional system and they will not need as much from the government and, in turn, the taxpayer. Another outline in the paper was that, 2,300 less prisoners were detained in 2016 than last year. This also shows a descent decline in the US criminal population or at least that it is starting to be fix. Something has happened to the correctional system in the US. I hope that this trend continues and that it will continue to help everyone possible for the future of the US. –TheMarshall789
ReplyDeleteDecreasing in the prison population stood at to me as more but I think this also shows that culture is starting to gain some maturity that it had lacked in the past. Less serious violations of the law and non violet offenses should also be taken into consideration when looking at the impact of the sentence and what individual will do once released from prison. I hope this is also a trend that will contitne to develop as for these people this makes it where individuals can develop their lives and that with loved ones as well which is the overall goal from the start. eagle789
DeleteThis article contained some very interesting info to look at. 1) One thing I found interesting was on Dec. 31, 2016, states held fewer than 1,000 prisoners age 17 or younger in adult facilities. This tells us that juveniles are not being arrested as much and are not being put into adult facilities as much either. 2) Another stat that caught my eye was one that described how more than half (57%) of Hispanic federal prisoners in 2016 were convicted of a drug offense, and nearly a quarter (23%) were serving time for an adjudicated immigration offense. If drug offenses were taken more lightly, these people wouldn't be adding to the problem of overcrowding within our prisons today. Also, illegal immigrants need to be sent back home ASAP. By keeping them locked up for a time before sending them back, the problem of overcrowding continues to grow. 3) A third interesting stat was one talking again about overcrowding were at year-end 2016, a total of 14 states and the BOP met or exceeded the maximum measure of their prisons facilities' capacity. This stat shows us how overcrowding is becoming a bigger problem and more and more states are facing this problem every day. 4) One stat that I find astounding is federal prisoners held in private prisons decreased by 800 prisoners (down 2%) between 2015 and 2016. This is amazing to see how even though overcrowding is a problem in our prisons, it seems that overcrowding may be slightly declining in some places. 5) The final fact that I found interesting was the one discussing how beginning in December 2015 and continuing into the following year, the Illinois DOC initiated a major information technology transition, moving to a web-based offender tracking system. I really like this system as it makes it a lot easier for criminal law professionals to be able to track offenders.
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This article contained some very interesting information that caught my eye. 1) One thing that I found interesting was that in the year of 2016 there was twice as many white females incarcerated then both black and hispanic females. This caught my eye because based on society today you usually think that blacks or hispanics are the ones being incarcerated but it flips when gender hits. 2.) Another thing that interested me was that in 2016 we had the highest black to white racial disparity which was that black males where 11.8 times more likely to be incarcerated then the white man. It wasn't a big shock about the race factor, what inturn interested me was that it was the highest ever which made me confused because I believe it was much more tense back in the day. 3.) Another big statistic to me was that when 2016 ended 13% of U.S. population consisted of federal prisoners. This was a big shock to me because that is to many people incarcerated and probably about half of those people shouldn't be in their for petty crimes. 4.) Another stat about females was that closing the year of 2016 was that 7% of the population was females. This was a huge surprise because that means the female incarceration rates have increased big time and now you will start to see a lot more females incarcerated. 5.) The last very interesting big fact was that from 2015 to 2016 the number of prisoners that were incarcerated for more than a year decreased in 30 states. Which to my is very crazy because it means that more and more people are being put in jail for little petty crimes. Which I believe is why we have such high overcrowding in jails based that they want to lock anyone up they can get their hands on.
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A lots of information and great article with lots of statistics for sure! (1). There have been about 1.5 million prisoners incarcerated in 2016 with only 1% reduction since 2015 under federal corrections. That’s almost nothing! Now I see why our prisons are so packed. (2). In table 1 (Page 3) shows over the years from 2006-2016 theirs been an estimated 1.5 to 1.6 incarcerations made and numbers are very similar, basically nothing has changed. Numbers are very stable, and building about 3 prisons each month. (3). The only states with least incarcerations are Alabama, Indiana, Oklahoma, Michigan, and numbers range somewhere in between 1000 to 1900 less prisoners. At least some states are trying to keep prisons less full. (4). Only 7% of females made up for the national prison in 2016. There are barely any females incarcerated while half of them are men. Crazy! (5). States prisons held about 1.2 prisoners that have been sentenced more than 1 year since 2016. Some percentages are high on groups of men, while female are very steady. Though, numbers of incarcerations are very high I thought. From overall the numbers that I saw, numbers were close from state and federal. - LILPUMP789
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing that we have lowered the prison population by so much in such a little amount of time. The statistic that really blew my mind was that from 2009 - 2016 there was a 7 percent decrease in prison population which was a little over 100,000 prisoners under federal jurisdiction. It was also really interesting to see that Illinois had a decrease in prisoners by about 3,000 inmates. It really shows that the states are trying to go easier on petty crimes like possession of marijuana crimes. One of the statistics that really opened my eyes was the race of the people being arrested. By what I have learned in my short career at ICC in the criminal justice program, I know that African Americans are incarcerated at a higher rate than any ethnicity, but seeing the actual rate of African Americans to whites is an unbelievably significant number. The difference is more than 1,400/100,000 people incarcerated. However, when population in prisons decreased for one race, it did for the rests as well. I believe in order to keep a low consistent rate in prison population we have to let up on marijuana crimes. I think that it is absolutely ridiculous that somebody can go to jail for a gram of marijuana or even to prison. Prison population would go down significantly if we saw all of the states ease on marijuana crimes. redman789
ReplyDeleteI agree it is amazing to see lowered numbers for the prison populations, it is sad that its still in the single digits but still a step in a good direction. I think there are starting to go easier non violent offenders. I agree with what you said regarding loosening up on marijuana crimes, And i believe we are heading in that direction its just going to take time. In this article you can see slow progress which is good. pj789
DeleteI think this article showed a lot of cool statistics that you normally do not really notice or recognize. The first statistic I thought was crazy was that 47% of prisoners had been sentenced for drug related offenses. This is a huge amount and honestly very surprising. The second statistic that was interesting was that more than 21% of the people in prisons were not U.S. citizens. To me this is weird because that means that taxpayers are having to pay for these people that are not even in this country legally. The third one was a statistic that said that the number of people in prisons sentenced to 1 year or more has decreased by 1%. It is said the be the third year this has decreased. This may mean that they are not criminalizing things as much or maybe just getting lighter on sentencing. The fourth thing that was really intriguing to me is the the imprisonment rate has decreased. It went from being 459 out of 100,000 to 450 out of 100,000. I think this is a really good thing and a step in the right direction. The last thing That was a big difference between male and female prisoners is that only 7% of the people incarcerated were female. I think this is partially due to male being naturally more aggressive caused by more testosterone. This article was overall really interesting and informative on many levels. I would like to see these statistics for years further down the road to compare with.
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Given the federal government historical role in fueling incarceration Chattier point out federal budge-maker could switch gears to incarcerate smarter and more measured criminal justice policy making. One basic yet effective stem the the federal government should provide funds to states that cut both crime and imprisonment. California Texas and other states succeed by changing financial incentives. They awarded additional funds to local probation departments that reduced the number of people revoked to prison. In this year alone California reduced revocation to prison by 23 percent. In one year Texas reduced the number revoked to prison by 12 percent in both states crime continued to drop. To be sure slowing reserving the nation unprecedented use of correctional control requires a multifaceted and long term approach. But as the other 2016 candidates shape their criminal policy platform they should underestimate the federal budget power to steer state justice policy in positive direction. Gusii 789
ReplyDeleteThis article presents a lot of data to intake. Although some trends seem to continuing other promising numbers are starting to show promise. We may have had 1,505,400 at year end for prisoners under State and federal jurisdiction for 2016, it is still down. It may just one percent it still shows some promise for future imprisonment rates. The story seems to shift a little when you look at privately owned prisons where there was a 2 percent increase at year end of 2016. So although there is progress its seems like greed from privately owned prisons is making us take a step forward and then 2 steps back. Another interesting number to look at was seeing the number of females sentenced was up by 500 prisoners, but the number for all races decreased at year end of 2016. All of this makes me think that we are in a transitional period where those in charge are still debating over a tough on crime stance and a more comprehensive money saving plan. I believe we will continue to see a decrease as these numbers show but it will be a slow and steady pace. This is a bit hopeful stance I’m taking but I know eventually the cost will be far more than the states and federal government are willing to spend, if not already seeing this problem which I hope they have. One surprising and disturbing number was the jurisdictions with more prisoners in custody than they have beds for; Illinois being one of them which is at 138%. Overall it was nice to see some promising numbers but this article does still show how much work we still have to do in this country.
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ReplyDeleteThis article had a lot of interesting statistics that I am not one hundred percent sure how to interpret. 1) One thing that I thought was interesting was the disparity in race in prisoners in 2016 being the highest in history. I would have thought that the disparity would have been larger before the civil rights movement. Perhaps black prisoners were more likely to face the death penalty instead of being held in prison in the past which would have caused a lower disparity. Perhaps policing in black communities has increased in this decade. I am eager to investigate this further. 2) I was very surprised that 14 states had reached or exceeded their capacity for prisoners. To me, this says that major adjustments need to be made in America’s criminal justice system. I found the cause to this stat also to be ambiguous. Does this occur because of higher crime rates or long sentences? 3) I was also surprised that the Department of Corrections had not utilized a web-based offender tracking system until 2015. I think it’s a good thing that it is in place now, but it feels very late to be transitioning now. 4) I was very surprised that the incarceration rate for white females was twice than that of black and hispanic females. I am curious as to what the sociological cause is as I know that crime usually tends to correlate with wealth but I also know that white people are generally wealthier than black and hispanic women. I am very curious as to what convictions are common amongst women in America’s prisons. 5) To end a positive note (Maybe), I found it interesting that Illinois has 3000 fewer prisoners this year than it did in 2016. I believe that this is because of the decriminalization of marijuana in many parts of the state. If this is the case, this is a good thing as people do not have to waste their lives in prison for the use of a substance that is not of any real detriment. -Rudedogg789
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