One interesting fact that stands out to me directly is the fact that California had the second highest amount of prisoners in the entire state toppling at 130,390 being the total number of prisoners in the entire state for the year of 2015 with toppling near 124,000 males while, females equalled out to stand at 5,000 in this state, highest being Texas sitting at 163,000 prisoners in this year. What surprised me first with this part of the data I gathered is the fact that these are two states that stand with the highest amount of social direction in terms of having the most social conflict with standing at the end of both sides in most of America’s political issues and debates as their showing their face across many parts of the nation. Second fact that stood out to me was the fact that 97% of the prison population had been sentenced to one year or more in the year of 2016. This stands out as 3% of people had not been sentenced for their crimes or had been awaiting trial or had a sentence of a year or less this equals out to be hundreds of people. With this being said this also shows how much of a mixing pot the correctional system can be as many individuals who have minor sentences could be serving time with individuals who are their for more serious crimes or people who have no convection at all could be doing time with individuals who are serving time for extreme crimes that had been committed. Thirded matter that stands out is the fact that much of the data shown details that the number of people who are going through the incarraction system for males the number is shown to decrease since the year of 2006 while for women this is staying at a study rate since the year of 2006 this shows that even with our change in policies this is starting to have a major turn around with women having equally treatment for crime while males are being represented by having little factors involved where society is feeling sorry for mistakes in while had been by criminalizing many durg issue that had went through the course of the nation. The fourth factor to stand out is that 173,468 of people had been placed under these sentences as they had a parole or probation violation and had to back through incarrational system just due to having a non violent event backlash against them due to many factors. The fifth factor involved, ninety six percent of citizens in correctional systems that are not American citizens had been males this shows how as individuals we have stereotyped people. The sixth fact that stood out was, that people ages 25-34 stand at the most risk of being in a correctional location this data being shown this shows this is a culture issue as this is one certain age group that is more affected about being effected by certain form of crime. The seventh fact that stands out, murder being the highest amount of crime that still has prisoners but this is understandable as someone's life was loss in so in return a life needs to be given. eagle789
After reading this report of prisoners in 2016 by Ann Carson, I found out a lot of things this I previously did not know. So there is score one for the paper, I learned something new. In fact, I learned a lot of new things. This report outlines 2016’s prison populations and several statistical details that one would find important about the field in question. There were many very good fact and charts in this paper that told many things, however, these seven things really stood out to me while looking through the report. The first one is that there was a decline in prison population by 1 percent from the end of 2015. In detail, that is 21,200 prisons off of the national count and 13, 900 fewer in state prisons. This stood out to me because the 1 percent makes it look like a small number but once you read it, that 1 percent of the national scale is actually a very large number. The second, third, and four facts that stood out to me were that 2009 was a peak point in prison population, State prisons held 1,316,200 prisoners at the end of 2016, and the females made up 7 percent of the total national prison population. These all had to deal with prison population and this is an interesting fact because it is common knowledge that the United States, also known as the incarceration nation, has the highest incarceration rate in the world. It incarcerates 25 percent of the world’s prison population and has only 5 percent of the world’s total population. Not even china, with nearly 1.6 billion citizens and a heavily authoritarian government incarcerates people at the rate of the United States. With such a large population in federal and state prisons, it cost the United States countless billions in USDs to make up for it. The fifth fact on my list is that 97 percent of US correctional client have been sentenced to more than a year in prison. This relates to the previous statement in that it will cost the United States government and the taxpayers billions of dollars to pay for such a high number of prisoners and for all their basic necessities such as food, water, shelter, heating and AC, etc. The next facts, numbers 6 and 7, pertain to the military aspect of the correctional system. These interested me because I am part of the military and the statistics on it caught me off guard. The facts were that in 2016, the US military held 1,100 felons and 1,300 in all lengths of sentencing and that 48 percent of offenders had a service background, usually in the US Army. This report was very informative on the subjects at hand and it had great emphasis of the correctional system of the US like it should. This is a great source to use and a very good reference to use in the corrections class. If they continue to do reports like this, it would be very helpful because future correctional classes will be able to make easier comparisons to the prison population for the past their present. My thought on the overall report is that it was well put together and that it highlighted several important things to look at in the corrections class. Some over the things that I stated earlier, while they may not all be pressing matters in some people’s eyes, are what stood out to me personally. These facts, especially the ones pertaining to the military are what I generally found interesting and stood out to me. –TheMarshall789
(1) States held 1,316,200 prisoners at year-end 2016, down 1% or 13,900 from year-end 2015. Now, this is why the Correctional System needs to do a better job helping individuals who are being locked up. The numbers are proof that the correctional system is just failing every year to reduce the number of incarcerations. The highest we gotten was in 2016 to 2015 of number of incarcerations. (2) The states with the largest declines in prisoners included Alabama (down 1,900), Indiana (down 1,800), Oklahoma (down 1,700), and Michigan (down 1,500) At least there is some life in our correctional system because even the slightest to help the offenders is even the best way possible for those who do want a change and being tired of being locked up. Alabama, Indiana, Michigan and the rest of the states are slowly making progress but the rest of the other states need to show progress as well. (3) Females made up 7% of the total national prison population at year-end 2016, a decrease of fewer than 100 prisoners from 2015. One hundred offenders does not seem like a lot, but if we try to put those hundred in a backyard its still a good portion of them. Though, seven percent is a lot if women in prions I believe and I detest that the numbers could rise by end of 2018. (4) The number of female prisoners increased from 2015 to 2016 in 26 states. Now, not only are we seeing men going to prisons, but woman as well. The number of incarcerations for woman is only rapidly going up and the numbers can only get higher by the end of 2018. (5) State prisons held 1,286,700 prisoners sentenced to more than 1 year on December 31, 2016, which were 11,500 fewer sentenced prisoners than at year-end 2015. I believe that is a long time to be sentenced and nobody should not be a sentence even through that long, depending on the charges, right? But, still close to one million is a really big size portion and like I said again, in the years of 2006 – 2012 the correctional system was building up to three to four prisons a month. Now, if making the math than that’s a lot of prisons with those years, and a lot of these offenders were getting spread out to these prisons and the population of prison sons caused overcrowding and than we had to go back and build some more prisons. (6) The imprisonment rate for the U.S. population of all ages was the lowest since 1997 (444) per 100,000 U.S. residents) (7) Between year-end 2015 and year-end 2016, the rate of imprisonment for black adults decreased 4%. Again some life in our correctional system showing some aspects are progressing slowly and I believe that’s a good thing. But at the end of the day, the incarceration rates are still very high. Four percent is still really high I think, but now as 2018, I feel like were going back again and now we have the movement ‘Black Lives Matter’ and so now, I feel like we were doing a good job, but now we gone back to our old ways of incarceration individuals and whatever was going on to reduce the number of incarcerations, the criminal justice system needs to go back to doing that because it seemed like it was working. Surely slowly, but making progress for sure. - LILPUMP789
There were many interesting stats that I saw on this website. The first one that really caught my attention stated that the number of prisoners under state and federal jurisdiction at year-end 2016 was a 7% decrease from 2009 when the U.S. prison population peaked. I believe this is due to the changing drug laws and people receiving less jail time for drug-related offenses. The second fact that I found interesting described how between year-end 2015 and year-end 2016, the rate of imprisonment for black adults decreased by 4%. I think this is a very good sign for our country. I say this because after seeing this stat, it can be assumed that racism is slowly dying out. During the 1970's and 80's, blacks were being arrested all over the place for not reason other than racism. Nowadays, it seems that laws are changing so that it becomes more equal for everyone and blacks are not being arrested and incarcerated for breaking laws that do not really make sense or simply because of racism. The third fact I would like to talk about stated how correctional authorities released 15,000 fewer prisoners from state and federal prisons in 2016 than in 2015. By reading this fact, I came to the conclusion that prisons may be keeping more people in prison to make more money. I say this because prisons are huge money makers. By keeping more and more prisoners in prison for longer periods of time, prisons are receiving more and more money to be used and they want to keep people in prison for as long as they possibly can, so they can earn the most money that they can. The fourth fact I found interesting explained how among sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and correctional authorities on December 31, 2015, 15% had been convicted of a drug offense as their most serious crime. I think this is a good sign as it shows that the rate of people being convicted for violent crimes may be steadily declining. In today's world, more and more people are being convicted for non-violent offenses, mainly things that go along with drug charges. Also, people are being convicted of nonviolent drug offenses and spending very long amounts of time stuck in prison. These people should not be locked up for as long as they currently are due to the fact that they are non-violent offenders and do not pose a big threat to society. The fifth fact that I found interesting talked about how beginning in 2015 and moving into 2016, the Illinois DOC initiated a major information technology transition, moving to a web-based offender tracking system. By making this move, it will be very easy now for an offender to be tracked compared to before. Now, thanks to this new technology, an offender's name can be searched and everything about them can be pulled up in seconds. The sixth fact that caught my eye discussed how in Connecticut, prisons and jails formed one integrated system. By doing this, it will be much easier to create guidelines, laws, etc. that apply to both prisons and jails at the same time and not create confusion between the two. The seventh and final fact I would like to mention stated how on December 31, 2016, states held fewer than 1,000 prisoners age 17 or younger in adult facilities. I believe this is a good sign. I say this because this fact shows that less juveniles are committing adult-like crimes, being arrested, and imprisoned in adult facilities, which is a big positive due to the fact that most juveniles do not belong in adult facilities. -Fozz789
The things that I found interesting while looking at these statistics are: 1) the federal prison population went down by 7,300 prisoners from 2015 to 2016, which was a 4 % decrease. It shows that there are slight decreases during that past year and it gives a little hope when thinking about the mass incarceration problem that is obviously being noticed by those who see the money pit that it is. This information also coincides with the imprisonment rate which decreased 2%, from 459 prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages in 2015 to 450 per 100,000 U.S. residents in to 2016. 2) The number of prisoners held in private facilities in 2016, which were 128,300. It went up by 2% from 2015 to 2016, that’s 2,100 more prisoners being held. It’s interesting because it shows that greed is still very much a part of privately owned prison systems. How can the federal go down but the private sector increase, without facts at hand I do assume that greed is involved. 3) The number of people sentenced to more than one year in state or federal prison declined for the third consecutive year, by 1 %. That’s 18,700 people each year that didn’t end up in prison. This is a positive sign for future decreases in the prison system. It’s a slow pace but if this is a trend of things to come it’s a positive thing to see. 4) It was positive to see the numbers above for men, but when it came to women the number of females sentenced to more than 1 year in state or federal prison increased by more than 500 in 2016. The number of women, who were sentenced to at least 1 year, increase by 20% from 2015 to 2016. These changes occurred in places with a small amount of females in prison, Alaska, Utah, South Dakota, and Maine. While it shows a decrease in less than a year sentences, the sentences involving a year or more are going up. This was interesting because it shows women getting some harsher treatment in some cases. 5) The number of whites and blacks in prison decreased by 1%. This was nice to see because the number of white prisoners decreased by 10,400 fewer whites and the number of black prisoners decreased by 12,500, seeing these two numbers side by side is nice because it is usually flipped. With the amount of racial tension in prisons and our current climate here in the U.S., it’s nice to see some change instead of the same old ignorance. 6) At the end of 2016 the capacity of prisoners in 14 states exceeded the maximum number of prisoner they can hold in those facilities. This is sad, and something that should really be under further investigation. I’m for sure that most of those people being held were put there for non-violent offenses, which should be a red flag if that is the case to those in charge. Having more than the maximum number of people within a prison facility puts the facility and the prisoners being held in danger, I’m sure that’s not on their mind when imposing these sentences but in my opinion it should be. 7) a quarter of females serving time in state prison on December 31, 2015, had been convicted of a drug offense, compared to 14% of males. It’s interesting to see that the percent of females in prison for drug offenses is more than males.-pj789
There was many interesting facts in this analysis but some were more shocking than others. The first fact is that Females made up 7% of the total national prison population at they year end of 2016. This intrigued me because it shows how many females are starting to actually get incarcerated. To me this is a fairly high number and shows how much women are being affected in crime. The second fact was prisoners sentenced to more than 1 year made up 97% of the total prison population. Which I believe part of those sentences is due to drug offenses. Which we as a country need to start looking at to change because someone in prison should be there for a very good reason not for carrying a little bit of drugs on them. Now the third fact contradicts a little because from 2015 to 2016, the number of prisoners sentenced to more than 1 year declined in 30 states and the federal prison system. Now I do believe this is due to some drug laws changing creating it to more viewed as a passive crime and them being let off with something that is not harsh such as prison but again this is not for all cases because we have not fully fixed the problem. The fourth fact is that females sentenced to more than 1 year increased by more than 500 prisoners. Which again is very shocking but I believe it is due to all the things some girls are exposed to when they are growing up such as sexual abuse and drugs. By being consumed with these horrific things it is creating a horrible pathway to go down which eventually has them ended up in prison. Which also is not a safe place for them to be. The fifth fact is the decreasing in races. Black adults in prison decreased 4 percent, white adults decreased 2 percent, and hispanic adults decreased by 1 percent. Which to me is not very shocking because we are starting to see a bigger incarceration rate in white and hispanic adults. Especially hispanic adults, they are consuming more and more of prisons for every type of crime. The sixth fact is that in the end of 2016 states held fewer than 1000 prisoners age 17 or younger in adult facilities. Which I questioned as to why are we holding minors in adult prisons. Those prisons are not safe for minors and could also subsequently create more problems for other inmates that are of age if they considering sexually victimizing the kid. This idea of if we should keep minors in adult facilities has been talked alot about and has always been back and forth. To me I always believed there should be somewhere else to put them before they turn 18. But on the other end of the spectrum it shows how minors are being processed for adult offenses and that there might be a big problem starting to occur if we can not control this. The seventh fact was that more than 21% of federal prisoners were non-U.S citizens. This is concerning to me because us taxpayers are paying for necessities for them when in reality they shouldn't be held in there. We are only wasting space and creating more crowding problems if we are holding non U.S citizens in our prisons. We as taxpayers should not have to be responsible to pay for people who are only being held for a short amount of time because that is what is wasting our money nowadays when we could be putting it toward something useful. Hollywood789
I found these statistics to be very interesting overall. I am glad to see that incarcerations rates are on the decline and am curious as the the reason for the decline. I wonder whether the decline is due to less harsh laws or less criminal activity. In either case, I see it as a victory for the United States’ justice system. I was a little disappointed with some of the vagueness in the article. The article states that around 15% of inmates’ most serious crime was a drug offense. I wish this statistic was further broken down to drug possession, drug distribution, and drug distribution to minors. People who sell to minors should absolutely be in prison, but I have qualms about those who sell to adults, and even more qualms about instances in which people are arrested merely for using drugs. Another reported statistic is that forty seven percent of prisoners are serving time for drug offenses. I have never thought about the difference between these two numbers. I am curious as to which statistics are referenced in other articles that talk about the number of people in prison for drugs. Given that 33% of these people are serving time for crimes considered more serious than drug offenses, I question how many of these people truly are serving time when they should. This of course does not change my view on rehabilitation as more than just substance related problems can be treated by licensed clinical professionals. I was not surprised to learn that while incarceration rates have decreased overall, they have increased two percent in privatized corrections facilities. This does not surprise me because I have learned about the incentives these facilities have to house as many prisoners as possible instead of doing the best job at running the prisons. After reading the summary, I was questioning whether the dip in incarceration was just a coincidence, but upon reading the full report, it seems as if there is a trend in the decline in incarceration. I also have questions about the drop in overall prison population. This could be because of fewer convictions made in the last year, but it could also be continuing effects of laws made in years that have passed. Theoretically, if the government stopped giving 15 year sentences, but arrested and convicted just as many people, the effects would not be seen initially, but would be especially pronounced after 15 years. Seeing as there was a 5% decrease in prison admissions, It seems more likely that there has been a trend of fewer arrests being made. I would like to know the true explanation for the decrease in incarceration population. I was also curious as to why data concerning non-US Citizen prisoners was not included for private prisons. This makes me wonder how the numbers seen concerning total conviction rate and prison population would change if these numbers were included. I thought it was interesting that Illinois specifically does not classify its prisoners as AWOL, but only counts these people amongst those who violate parole. This doesn’t seem right to me as I think a person who is unaccounted for poses more of a potential threat than does someone who simply does not honor their parole, especially considering the technical violations of parole that are so many people commit due to not being able to pay monthly fees of find permanent housing. I also still find the fact that Illinois took this long to transition to a more technology based system for keeping track of its prison statistics. No other state was reported to have made such transitions which makes me wonder how many states have yet to transition or if Illinois was simply late to the party. There was much more in the report that interested me and I am excited to further research in explanation I can find to the questions that were raised while I was reading. -rudedogg789
(1)The article states that there were 1,505,400 prisoners under the correctional system, state and federal, at the end of 2016. This number is so huge in my mind. It states that this number was a decrease in size by 4%, and even at that it is still a huge amount in incarcerated people in the United States of America. This number also means, as the article states, that the ratio is 582 prisoners for every 100,000 people in America. No wonder we are the most incarcerated nation in the world. (2) Almost half of the federal prisoners, 47%, were sentence for drug charges. Now I can not even begin to think about how many of these people are sitting in jail because of the whole “war on drugs” agenda that happened. This is crazy to think that most likely, these people had petty drug crimes, involving personal drugs, and yet they are now sentence to years in prison because of it. (3) Another interesting fact is that female prisoners sentence for more than one year increased by 500 people in 2016. At the same time men sentenced to one year or more decreased in 2016. I am not sure why this is happening to be honest. I think maybe people are treating women with equality more than they did back in the day, so with equality comes tougher and even sentencing for women. (4) Blacks and whites sentenced to one year or more have decreased in 2016, whites by 10,400 and blacks by 12,500. At the same time hispanic population has increased, being up 6,100 prisoners sentenced to one year or more. I am not sure why this is happening This might be an increase in hispanic immigrants coming to the United States. (5) Another interesting fact was that the imprisonment rate for women was the highest in Oklahoma for some reason, being 149 per 100,00 residents. It does not state why they have the highest rate or if something is happening there. I would be interested to know why though.(6) The total number of inmates released by state and federal prisons is down by 2% which is 15,000 less releases. To me that is a lot of people who are sitting in prison longer. I do not know if this is something that is possibly happening to make money off of these inmates or if it related to something else. (7) Another sad fact is that in 2016 there were 14 states that met or exceeded there prisons capacity for the amount of people they could hold. This means that there were a lot of overcrowded prisons. There is no way those prisoners could have been getting the proper care and treatment they need. This is honestly one of the worst things you can hear. There is a reason that we have such a high recidivism rate in the United States and this is exactly one of the reasons why. They are too busy trying to make as much profit and fill as ay beds as they can, that they do not care if the prisons are overcrowded. And when these prisons get overcrowded that means they no longer have the resources and money to rehabilitate these inmates like they deserve. Thus causing the higher return rate for inmates. Overall this article was very informative. I think there is a lot of great information to be learned in this article and I would be very interested to see 2017’s statistics compared to 2016’s. - ST789
The United States had an estimated 1,505,400 prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities as of December 31, 2016 (year-end). This was a decline of 21,200 prisoners. With looking at these number you can see that we are trying to do things different and get people out. We are starting to realize that these people don't belong here and need to see the real world because they made one mistake so they are giving people a chance to have a second chance. People need to have second chances in life because people will make mistakes and they learn from it and can't be punished for the mistake for more than a year but they just need to tell them not to do it again or the punishment will be worse.Between year-end 2015 and year-end 2016, the rate of imprisonment for black adults decreased 4% (from 1,670 per 100,000 in 2015 to 1,608 per 100,000 in 2016). The imprisonment rate declined 29% since 2006 (2,261 per 100,000). The rate for white adults decreased 2% between 2015 (281 per 100,000) and 2016 (274 per 100,000), and it declined 15% during the past decade (324 per 100,000 in 2006). These number are looking better and better every year and that is what we have to do because the numbers in 2014 are terrible because we did not take care of them and we just thought lets keep peopel in prison for a little crime so they wont do it again but we will let a sex offender just walk the streets and say nothing about that is why we are messed up as a country. The number of African american are going done and thats what we need because people think that all officers do. With numbers dropping this is looking really good. People will start to see that they are not just out there to get revenge on people and make it right they are trying to clean up the city and they will do anything to make it right with the people.Federal and state correctional authorities admitted a total of 606,000 prisoners sentenced to more than 1 year in 2016, including 419,000 new court commitments. This right here is why we have no room the put anybody in prison now is because we put to many people in there that have little crime that should not be punished but they will do and then they realize that we have no room because this crime was not right and why did we put that person in there. California had the second highest amount of prisoners in the entire state toppling at 130,390 being the total number. I cant believe that they put this many people in prison. This number is not right and we should never put this many people in prison we should let them work everything out.15% of inmates’ most serious crime was a drug offense. This number Is not that high but it really is because there should not be this many people from drug offenses in prison because they made a mistake once. Gator789
One interesting fact that stands out to me directly is the fact that California had the second highest amount of prisoners in the entire state toppling at 130,390 being the total number of prisoners in the entire state for the year of 2015 with toppling near 124,000 males while, females equalled out to stand at 5,000 in this state, highest being Texas sitting at 163,000 prisoners in this year. What surprised me first with this part of the data I gathered is the fact that these are two states that stand with the highest amount of social direction in terms of having the most social conflict with standing at the end of both sides in most of America’s political issues and debates as their showing their face across many parts of the nation. Second fact that stood out to me was the fact that 97% of the prison population had been sentenced to one year or more in the year of 2016. This stands out as 3% of people had not been sentenced for their crimes or had been awaiting trial or had a sentence of a year or less this equals out to be hundreds of people. With this being said this also shows how much of a mixing pot the correctional system can be as many individuals who have minor sentences could be serving time with individuals who are their for more serious crimes or people who have no convection at all could be doing time with individuals who are serving time for extreme crimes that had been committed. Thirded matter that stands out is the fact that much of the data shown details that the number of people who are going through the incarraction system for males the number is shown to decrease since the year of 2006 while for women this is staying at a study rate since the year of 2006 this shows that even with our change in policies this is starting to have a major turn around with women having equally treatment for crime while males are being represented by having little factors involved where society is feeling sorry for mistakes in while had been by criminalizing many durg issue that had went through the course of the nation. The fourth factor to stand out is that 173,468 of people had been placed under these sentences as they had a parole or probation violation and had to back through incarrational system just due to having a non violent event backlash against them due to many factors. The fifth factor involved, ninety six percent of citizens in correctional systems that are not American citizens had been males this shows how as individuals we have stereotyped people. The sixth fact that stood out was, that people ages 25-34 stand at the most risk of being in a correctional location this data being shown this shows this is a culture issue as this is one certain age group that is more affected about being effected by certain form of crime. The seventh fact that stands out, murder being the highest amount of crime that still has prisoners but this is understandable as someone's life was loss in so in return a life needs to be given. eagle789
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this report of prisoners in 2016 by Ann Carson, I found out a lot of things this I previously did not know. So there is score one for the paper, I learned something new. In fact, I learned a lot of new things. This report outlines 2016’s prison populations and several statistical details that one would find important about the field in question. There were many very good fact and charts in this paper that told many things, however, these seven things really stood out to me while looking through the report. The first one is that there was a decline in prison population by 1 percent from the end of 2015. In detail, that is 21,200 prisons off of the national count and 13, 900 fewer in state prisons. This stood out to me because the 1 percent makes it look like a small number but once you read it, that 1 percent of the national scale is actually a very large number. The second, third, and four facts that stood out to me were that 2009 was a peak point in prison population, State prisons held 1,316,200 prisoners at the end of 2016, and the females made up 7 percent of the total national prison population. These all had to deal with prison population and this is an interesting fact because it is common knowledge that the United States, also known as the incarceration nation, has the highest incarceration rate in the world. It incarcerates 25 percent of the world’s prison population and has only 5 percent of the world’s total population. Not even china, with nearly 1.6 billion citizens and a heavily authoritarian government incarcerates people at the rate of the United States. With such a large population in federal and state prisons, it cost the United States countless billions in USDs to make up for it. The fifth fact on my list is that 97 percent of US correctional client have been sentenced to more than a year in prison. This relates to the previous statement in that it will cost the United States government and the taxpayers billions of dollars to pay for such a high number of prisoners and for all their basic necessities such as food, water, shelter, heating and AC, etc. The next facts, numbers 6 and 7, pertain to the military aspect of the correctional system. These interested me because I am part of the military and the statistics on it caught me off guard. The facts were that in 2016, the US military held 1,100 felons and 1,300 in all lengths of sentencing and that 48 percent of offenders had a service background, usually in the US Army. This report was very informative on the subjects at hand and it had great emphasis of the correctional system of the US like it should. This is a great source to use and a very good reference to use in the corrections class. If they continue to do reports like this, it would be very helpful because future correctional classes will be able to make easier comparisons to the prison population for the past their present. My thought on the overall report is that it was well put together and that it highlighted several important things to look at in the corrections class. Some over the things that I stated earlier, while they may not all be pressing matters in some people’s eyes, are what stood out to me personally. These facts, especially the ones pertaining to the military are what I generally found interesting and stood out to me. –TheMarshall789
ReplyDelete(1) States held 1,316,200 prisoners at year-end 2016, down 1% or
ReplyDelete13,900 from year-end 2015. Now, this is why the Correctional System needs to do a better job helping individuals who are being locked up. The numbers are proof that the correctional system is just failing every year to reduce the number of incarcerations. The highest we gotten was in 2016 to 2015 of number of incarcerations. (2) The states with the largest declines in prisoners included Alabama (down 1,900), Indiana (down 1,800), Oklahoma (down 1,700), and Michigan (down 1,500) At least there is some life in our correctional system because even the slightest to help the offenders is even the best way possible for those who do want a change and being tired of being locked up. Alabama, Indiana, Michigan and the rest of the states are slowly making progress but the rest of the other states need to show progress as well. (3) Females made up 7% of the total national prison population at year-end 2016, a decrease of fewer than 100 prisoners from 2015. One hundred offenders does not seem like a lot, but if we try to put those hundred in a backyard its still a good portion of them. Though, seven percent is a lot if women in prions I believe and I detest that the numbers could rise by end of 2018. (4) The number of female prisoners increased from 2015 to 2016 in 26 states. Now, not only are we seeing men going to prisons, but woman as well. The number of incarcerations for woman is only rapidly going up and the numbers can only get higher by the end of 2018. (5) State prisons held 1,286,700 prisoners sentenced to more than 1 year on December 31, 2016, which were 11,500 fewer sentenced prisoners than at year-end 2015. I believe that is a long time to be sentenced and nobody should not be a sentence even through that long, depending on the charges, right? But, still close to one million is a really big size portion and like I said again, in the years of 2006 – 2012 the correctional system was building up to three to four prisons a month. Now, if making the math than that’s a lot of prisons with those years, and a lot of these offenders were getting spread out to these prisons and the population of prison sons caused overcrowding and than we had to go back and build some more prisons. (6) The imprisonment rate for the U.S. population of all ages was the lowest since 1997 (444) per 100,000 U.S. residents) (7) Between year-end 2015 and year-end 2016, the rate of imprisonment for black adults decreased 4%. Again some life in our correctional system showing some aspects are progressing slowly and I believe that’s a good thing. But at the end of the day, the incarceration rates are still very high. Four percent is still really high I think, but now as 2018, I feel like were going back again and now we have the movement ‘Black Lives Matter’ and so now, I feel like we were doing a good job, but now we gone back to our old ways of incarceration individuals and whatever was going on to reduce the number of incarcerations, the criminal justice system needs to go back to doing that because it seemed like it was working. Surely slowly, but making progress for sure. - LILPUMP789
There were many interesting stats that I saw on this website. The first one that really caught my attention stated that the number of prisoners under state and federal jurisdiction at year-end 2016 was a 7% decrease from 2009 when the U.S. prison population peaked. I believe this is due to the changing drug laws and people receiving less jail time for drug-related offenses. The second fact that I found interesting described how between year-end 2015 and year-end 2016, the rate of imprisonment for black adults decreased by 4%. I think this is a very good sign for our country. I say this because after seeing this stat, it can be assumed that racism is slowly dying out. During the 1970's and 80's, blacks were being arrested all over the place for not reason other than racism. Nowadays, it seems that laws are changing so that it becomes more equal for everyone and blacks are not being arrested and incarcerated for breaking laws that do not really make sense or simply because of racism. The third fact I would like to talk about stated how correctional authorities released 15,000 fewer prisoners from state and federal prisons in 2016 than in 2015. By reading this fact, I came to the conclusion that prisons may be keeping more people in prison to make more money. I say this because prisons are huge money makers. By keeping more and more prisoners in prison for longer periods of time, prisons are receiving more and more money to be used and they want to keep people in prison for as long as they possibly can, so they can earn the most money that they can. The fourth fact I found interesting explained how among sentenced prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and correctional authorities on December 31, 2015, 15% had been convicted of a drug offense as their most serious crime. I think this is a good sign as it shows that the rate of people being convicted for violent crimes may be steadily declining. In today's world, more and more people are being convicted for non-violent offenses, mainly things that go along with drug charges. Also, people are being convicted of nonviolent drug offenses and spending very long amounts of time stuck in prison. These people should not be locked up for as long as they currently are due to the fact that they are non-violent offenders and do not pose a big threat to society. The fifth fact that I found interesting talked about how beginning in 2015 and moving into 2016, the Illinois DOC initiated a major information technology transition, moving to a web-based offender tracking system. By making this move, it will be very easy now for an offender to be tracked compared to before. Now, thanks to this new technology, an offender's name can be searched and everything about them can be pulled up in seconds. The sixth fact that caught my eye discussed how in Connecticut, prisons and jails formed one integrated system. By doing this, it will be much easier to create guidelines, laws, etc. that apply to both prisons and jails at the same time and not create confusion between the two. The seventh and final fact I would like to mention stated how on December 31, 2016, states held fewer than 1,000 prisoners age 17 or younger in adult facilities. I believe this is a good sign. I say this because this fact shows that less juveniles are committing adult-like crimes, being arrested, and imprisoned in adult facilities, which is a big positive due to the fact that most juveniles do not belong in adult facilities.
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The things that I found interesting while looking at these statistics are: 1) the federal prison population went down by 7,300 prisoners from 2015 to 2016, which was a 4 % decrease. It shows that there are slight decreases during that past year and it gives a little hope when thinking about the mass incarceration problem that is obviously being noticed by those who see the money pit that it is. This information also coincides with the imprisonment rate which decreased 2%, from 459 prisoners per 100,000 U.S. residents of all ages in 2015 to 450 per 100,000 U.S. residents in to 2016. 2) The number of prisoners held in private facilities in 2016, which were 128,300. It went up by 2% from 2015 to 2016, that’s 2,100 more prisoners being held. It’s interesting because it shows that greed is still very much a part of privately owned prison systems. How can the federal go down but the private sector increase, without facts at hand I do assume that greed is involved. 3) The number of people sentenced to more than one year in state or federal prison declined for the third consecutive year, by 1 %. That’s 18,700 people each year that didn’t end up in prison. This is a positive sign for future decreases in the prison system. It’s a slow pace but if this is a trend of things to come it’s a positive thing to see. 4) It was positive to see the numbers above for men, but when it came to women the number of females sentenced to more than 1 year in state or federal prison increased by more than 500 in 2016. The number of women, who were sentenced to at least 1 year, increase by 20% from 2015 to 2016. These changes occurred in places with a small amount of females in prison, Alaska, Utah, South Dakota, and Maine. While it shows a decrease in less than a year sentences, the sentences involving a year or more are going up. This was interesting because it shows women getting some harsher treatment in some cases. 5) The number of whites and blacks in prison decreased by 1%. This was nice to see because the number of white prisoners decreased by 10,400 fewer whites and the number of black prisoners decreased by 12,500, seeing these two numbers side by side is nice because it is usually flipped. With the amount of racial tension in prisons and our current climate here in the U.S., it’s nice to see some change instead of the same old ignorance. 6) At the end of 2016 the capacity of prisoners in 14 states exceeded the maximum number of prisoner they can hold in those facilities. This is sad, and something that should really be under further investigation. I’m for sure that most of those people being held were put there for non-violent offenses, which should be a red flag if that is the case to those in charge. Having more than the maximum number of people within a prison facility puts the facility and the prisoners being held in danger, I’m sure that’s not on their mind when imposing these sentences but in my opinion it should be. 7) a quarter of females serving time in state prison on December 31, 2015, had been convicted of a drug offense, compared to 14% of males. It’s interesting to see that the percent of females in prison for drug offenses is more than males.-pj789
ReplyDeleteThere was many interesting facts in this analysis but some were more shocking than others. The first fact is that Females made up 7% of the total national prison population at they year end of 2016. This intrigued me because it shows how many females are starting to actually get incarcerated. To me this is a fairly high number and shows how much women are being affected in crime. The second fact was prisoners sentenced to more than 1 year made up 97% of the total prison population. Which I believe part of those sentences is due to drug offenses. Which we as a country need to start looking at to change because someone in prison should be there for a very good reason not for carrying a little bit of drugs on them. Now the third fact contradicts a little because from 2015 to 2016, the number of prisoners sentenced to more than 1 year declined in 30 states and the federal prison system. Now I do believe this is due to some drug laws changing creating it to more viewed as a passive crime and them being let off with something that is not harsh such as prison but again this is not for all cases because we have not fully fixed the problem. The fourth fact is that females sentenced to more than 1 year increased by more than 500 prisoners. Which again is very shocking but I believe it is due to all the things some girls are exposed to when they are growing up such as sexual abuse and drugs. By being consumed with these horrific things it is creating a horrible pathway to go down which eventually has them ended up in prison. Which also is not a safe place for them to be. The fifth fact is the decreasing in races. Black adults in prison decreased 4 percent, white adults decreased 2 percent, and hispanic adults decreased by 1 percent. Which to me is not very shocking because we are starting to see a bigger incarceration rate in white and hispanic adults. Especially hispanic adults, they are consuming more and more of prisons for every type of crime. The sixth fact is that in the end of 2016 states held fewer than 1000 prisoners age 17 or younger in adult facilities. Which I questioned as to why are we holding minors in adult prisons. Those prisons are not safe for minors and could also subsequently create more problems for other inmates that are of age if they considering sexually victimizing the kid. This idea of if we should keep minors in adult facilities has been talked alot about and has always been back and forth. To me I always believed there should be somewhere else to put them before they turn 18. But on the other end of the spectrum it shows how minors are being processed for adult offenses and that there might be a big problem starting to occur if we can not control this. The seventh fact was that more than 21% of federal prisoners were non-U.S citizens. This is concerning to me because us taxpayers are paying for necessities for them when in reality they shouldn't be held in there. We are only wasting space and creating more crowding problems if we are holding non U.S citizens in our prisons. We as taxpayers should not have to be responsible to pay for people who are only being held for a short amount of time because that is what is wasting our money nowadays when we could be putting it toward something useful.
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I found these statistics to be very interesting overall. I am glad to see that incarcerations rates are on the decline and am curious as the the reason for the decline. I wonder whether the decline is due to less harsh laws or less criminal activity. In either case, I see it as a victory for the United States’ justice system. I was a little disappointed with some of the vagueness in the article. The article states that around 15% of inmates’ most serious crime was a drug offense. I wish this statistic was further broken down to drug possession, drug distribution, and drug distribution to minors. People who sell to minors should absolutely be in prison, but I have qualms about those who sell to adults, and even more qualms about instances in which people are arrested merely for using drugs. Another reported statistic is that forty seven percent of prisoners are serving time for drug offenses. I have never thought about the difference between these two numbers. I am curious as to which statistics are referenced in other articles that talk about the number of people in prison for drugs. Given that 33% of these people are serving time for crimes considered more serious than drug offenses, I question how many of these people truly are serving time when they should. This of course does not change my view on rehabilitation as more than just substance related problems can be treated by licensed clinical professionals. I was not surprised to learn that while incarceration rates have decreased overall, they have increased two percent in privatized corrections facilities. This does not surprise me because I have learned about the incentives these facilities have to house as many prisoners as possible instead of doing the best job at running the prisons. After reading the summary, I was questioning whether the dip in incarceration was just a coincidence, but upon reading the full report, it seems as if there is a trend in the decline in incarceration. I also have questions about the drop in overall prison population. This could be because of fewer convictions made in the last year, but it could also be continuing effects of laws made in years that have passed. Theoretically, if the government stopped giving 15 year sentences, but arrested and convicted just as many people, the effects would not be seen initially, but would be especially pronounced after 15 years. Seeing as there was a 5% decrease in prison admissions, It seems more likely that there has been a trend of fewer arrests being made. I would like to know the true explanation for the decrease in incarceration population. I was also curious as to why data concerning non-US Citizen prisoners was not included for private prisons. This makes me wonder how the numbers seen concerning total conviction rate and prison population would change if these numbers were included. I thought it was interesting that Illinois specifically does not classify its prisoners as AWOL, but only counts these people amongst those who violate parole. This doesn’t seem right to me as I think a person who is unaccounted for poses more of a potential threat than does someone who simply does not honor their parole, especially considering the technical violations of parole that are so many people commit due to not being able to pay monthly fees of find permanent housing. I also still find the fact that Illinois took this long to transition to a more technology based system for keeping track of its prison statistics. No other state was reported to have made such transitions which makes me wonder how many states have yet to transition or if Illinois was simply late to the party. There was much more in the report that interested me and I am excited to further research in explanation I can find to the questions that were raised while I was reading. -rudedogg789
ReplyDelete(1)The article states that there were 1,505,400 prisoners under the correctional system, state and federal, at the end of 2016. This number is so huge in my mind. It states that this number was a decrease in size by 4%, and even at that it is still a huge amount in incarcerated people in the United States of America. This number also means, as the article states, that the ratio is 582 prisoners for every 100,000 people in America. No wonder we are the most incarcerated nation in the world. (2) Almost half of the federal prisoners, 47%, were sentence for drug charges. Now I can not even begin to think about how many of these people are sitting in jail because of the whole “war on drugs” agenda that happened. This is crazy to think that most likely, these people had petty drug crimes, involving personal drugs, and yet they are now sentence to years in prison because of it. (3) Another interesting fact is that female prisoners sentence for more than one year increased by 500 people in 2016. At the same time men sentenced to one year or more decreased in 2016. I am not sure why this is happening to be honest. I think maybe people are treating women with equality more than they did back in the day, so with equality comes tougher and even sentencing for women. (4) Blacks and whites sentenced to one year or more have decreased in 2016, whites by 10,400 and blacks by 12,500. At the same time hispanic population has increased, being up 6,100 prisoners sentenced to one year or more. I am not sure why this is happening This might be an increase in hispanic immigrants coming to the United States. (5) Another interesting fact was that the imprisonment rate for women was the highest in Oklahoma for some reason, being 149 per 100,00 residents. It does not state why they have the highest rate or if something is happening there. I would be interested to know why though.(6) The total number of inmates released by state and federal prisons is down by 2% which is 15,000 less releases. To me that is a lot of people who are sitting in prison longer. I do not know if this is something that is possibly happening to make money off of these inmates or if it related to something else. (7) Another sad fact is that in 2016 there were 14 states that met or exceeded there prisons capacity for the amount of people they could hold. This means that there were a lot of overcrowded prisons. There is no way those prisoners could have been getting the proper care and treatment they need. This is honestly one of the worst things you can hear. There is a reason that we have such a high recidivism rate in the United States and this is exactly one of the reasons why. They are too busy trying to make as much profit and fill as ay beds as they can, that they do not care if the prisons are overcrowded. And when these prisons get overcrowded that means they no longer have the resources and money to rehabilitate these inmates like they deserve. Thus causing the higher return rate for inmates. Overall this article was very informative. I think there is a lot of great information to be learned in this article and I would be very interested to see 2017’s statistics compared to 2016’s.
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The United States had an estimated 1,505,400 prisoners under the jurisdiction of state and federal correctional authorities as of December 31, 2016 (year-end). This was a decline of 21,200 prisoners. With looking at these number you can see that we are trying to do things different and get people out. We are starting to realize that these people don't belong here and need to see the real world because they made one mistake so they are giving people a chance to have a second chance. People need to have second chances in life because people will make mistakes and they learn from it and can't be punished for the mistake for more than a year but they just need to tell them not to do it again or the punishment will be worse.Between year-end 2015 and year-end 2016, the rate of imprisonment for black adults decreased 4% (from 1,670 per 100,000 in 2015 to 1,608 per 100,000 in 2016). The imprisonment rate declined 29% since 2006 (2,261 per 100,000). The rate for white adults decreased 2% between 2015 (281 per 100,000) and 2016 (274 per 100,000), and it declined 15% during the past decade (324 per 100,000 in 2006). These number are looking better and better every year and that is what we have to do because the numbers in 2014 are terrible because we did not take care of them and we just thought lets keep peopel in prison for a little crime so they wont do it again but we will let a sex offender just walk the streets and say nothing about that is why we are messed up as a country. The number of African american are going done and thats what we need because people think that all officers do. With numbers dropping this is looking really good. People will start to see that they are not just out there to get revenge on people and make it right they are trying to clean up the city and they will do anything to make it right with the people.Federal and state correctional authorities admitted a total of 606,000 prisoners sentenced to more than 1 year in 2016, including 419,000 new court commitments. This right here is why we have no room the put anybody in prison now is because we put to many people in there that have little crime that should not be punished but they will do and then they realize that we have no room because this crime was not right and why did we put that person in there. California had the second highest amount of prisoners in the entire state toppling at 130,390 being the total number. I cant believe that they put this many people in prison. This number is not right and we should never put this many people in prison we should let them work everything out.15% of inmates’ most serious crime was a drug offense. This number Is not that high but it really is because there should not be this many people from drug offenses in prison because they made a mistake once. Gator789
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