These statistics are pretty interesting and also give me a little bit of hope when it comes to our incarceration rates here in the United States. between the end of 2015 and the end of 2016 the number of prisoners in both state and federal prisons went down by nearly 20,000 people. 37% of the total decrease in our prison populations came from the federal side of things, decreasing by 7,300 prisoners. On the downside though, from 2015 to 2016 the number of females that were sentenced to over a year in federal prison went up by 700. Overall though, our incarceration rates went down by 2% from 2015 to 2016. What these statistics show me is that even though it may be a slow process, we are steadily bringing our incarceration rates down to where we want them to be. psych001
I would agree to you that all of these statistics are giving us hope that maybe one day we can have our prison problem under control. It is good that the majority of states are decreasing their prison populations and that the overall incarceration rate is going down. It is surprising though that it seems as though the incarceration rates of women are going up. This is a sad statistic because overall it is going down except for these women. I wonder on why that is. On the point where you say “where we want them” I think that no one in prison would be best, but prison is necessary for some criminals so I would agree with you that getting it where we want it is key and it looks good being able to accomplish it. -Legion001
At the end of 2016 an estimated 1,506,800 prisoners were being held in the United States in state and federal prisons. This is a 19,800 person drop from 2015. That is good that the rate of prisoners is decreasing. There are a lot of prisoners that are crowding up our prisons. Approximately 47% of prisoners that are being held, are being held on drug charges. I personally believe that we should lock up drug users but not for as long as they are being held. We should be having them going to rehab or some type of treatment facility instead of being locked up for a really long time for possession of drugs. If you are selling drugs, I feel is a different story, but just possession is not enough. A good that is happening is there is a 4% decrease is black adults in jail. Overall federal and state prisons have admitted 2,300 less prisoners in 2016 than in 2015. In 2016 thirty-one states decreased the populations in their jails and prisons in their states. Only fifteen states increased their population. I also found interesting that in 2016 Illinois only had 43,657 prisoners. This really surprises me because Chicago is in Illinois. I would assume that number in Chicago, but not in the whole of Illinois. Of those 43,657 inmates 41,044 inmates are male. That is crazy to me because that is a major majority of inmates that are males. This surprises me but it also doesn’t because it seems that men do commit more crimes than women. From 2015 to 2016 women being put into prison for more than one year increased by 700 prisoners. That is scary because it seems like overall the crime is going down and a lot of these other statistics are proving that, but this statistic is one of the few that is going up. -Legion001
I had no idea that 47% of prisoners being held are for drug charges. That number seems really high considering how many of those crimes were for weed. I think that we should stop holding people for long terms due to drug convictions and instead rehabilitate them so that they don’t come out addicted to the same thing they were in there for. I also didn’t know that there was a four percent decrease of black people in jail. This is good because it means the bias might be going down and police officers might be treating everyone equally regardless of their skin color.-Celtics001
Over the past few years crime has been on a decline despite what it looks like in the media but it does show true in the prisons. The numbers from the 2016 report show a significant decline of state and federal prisoners. A surprising 1.5 million prisoners were locked up as of 2016 and there was a 1% drop in state imprisonment and a 4% drop in federal prisoners which doesn't house the more dangerous criminals that the state prisons do. Another couple facts that are quite interesting to think about is that in 2016 state and federal prisons both admitted 2,300 fewer prisoners. Now the question with that is, is that lower due to the courts and judges dismissing fewer cases or, are less people committing crimes. Now at the end of 2016 47% of prisoners in federal prisons were charged with drug possession. That is pretty staggering considering that is almost half of the population just for some drug charges. Some of those drug cases may be more severe but a lot deal with simple marijuana charges that they should not be locked up for due to over populated prison systems across the country. Another number to look at is how thirty one states had decreased their populations with only 15 states increasing their numbers which is good evidence of the decline of crime overall. Also at the end of 2016 the imprisonment rate for all prisoners was 450 per every 100,000 residents. Also the federal and state imprisonment rate by race has shown that for African Americans it has dropped the most drastically and the whites have only declined but looked more like a flat line on the graph. The BOP held a total of 50 prisoners age 17 or younger in private facilities but held a higher number in adult facilities. Another fact that I found interesting was that 1/10th of prisoners sentenced to one or more years were 55 years old or older. It makes you wonder about how the demographics match up to the crimes sometimes and why certain people are committing less crimes and some are committing more than before such as women. The crime rates have been dropping and so has prison populations across the country but the women have been increasing in incarceration and crime rapidly. -Blues001
I agree that in these past few years crime has been going down significantly than what it used to be. The media has always shown a lot of crime throughout the U.S. but overall crime is going down slowly but surely. The 1% and 4% differences in state and federal prison populations is not a big difference but it's a start. It's crazy how 47% of federal prisoners were charged with drug possession. This is a really big statistic. Another good point you made is that many people are being sent to prison for marijuana charges when the a more fitting punishment for it should be either paying a fine or serving some time in jail instead of prison. -Ram001
I agree with your point that most of these are probably just marijuana charges that they shouldn’t be in for in my opinion. Everyone has different opinions, but I think getting locked up for a simple marijuana charge is not acceptable. I can believe that 47% of people in prison are in there for drug possession because I feel like it is more common than people think. I think you also bring up a good point about the decrease in imprisonment. The question is, is the judge dismissing more cases or are people committing fewer crimes? That question really makes me think, but I think the numbers will just continue to decrease. -lilbaby001
I like that you questioned whether the decrease in incarceration was due to more lenient judges or because of an actual decrease in crime because it is kind of hard to figure that out since so many crimes go unreported and so many people don't get caught after committing crimes. I also think a lot of the prison population is doing time for drug crimes, which, in my opinion isn't the best use of resources since those offenders are not a direct danger to society and we should be using our money to incarcerate violent offenders instead of wasting it on those who are not a threat to others. -Reid001
The statistics show that there was a 1% difference in the number of prisoners between the years of 2015-16. As well as the federal prison population going down by 4%. Looking at the exact number of prisoners that year and how many less there were it shows that crime is really decreasing and the amount of prisoners are decreasing. If we look at the statistics from the past few years instead of just the two years listed in the article, we can see that crime rates have dropped significantly. However I believe that there can be much to be done to further decrease the prison population throughout the U.S. We should try to focus a lot on trying to rehabilitate as many prisoners as we can to maintain the population of prisons and to keep those same people from returning to prison. Keeping and maintaining prisoners is expensive no matter what type of prison they are kept in and with less prisoners the state can save money and use it for other needs. The process of lowering the populations are working slowly and eventually we will reach a point where prison overpopulation will never be a problem anymore. However there are a lot of factors that will cause someone to live a life of crime. Factors such as poverty, losing jobs, or influence are likely to cause people to commit crimes. 93% of prisoners are men, which is not very surprising because men are more likely to commit crimes than women. However in these past few years the amount of female prisoners are going up despite the prison population going down altogether. Another point I think is worth mentioning is the difference between black and white prisoners. There were more than twice as many black prisoners than white prisoners among both men and women. In my opinion there is a lot of bias taking place with these statistics. Unfortunately bias has been around for a long time and it's a shame that it is. Not all people that have been arrested have to necessarily go to prison. There can be alternative punishments such as community service. -Ram001
I could not agree more with your statement about finding alternative punishments in order to decrease the prison populations. Lots of prisoners are serving sentences that could be basic drug charges and just dismissed with a simple rehab program in order to set them straight and prevent something similar happening later down the road for that individual. I also agree with you stating the sad statistic about how there is a large bias in the prison populations and how it can influence factors of imprisonment and who gets released. It is very sad to see these things happening in this day and age and it would be nice for those things to all go away and just focus on the punishment fitting the crime committed. -Blues001
These statistics show a decline in incarceration rates, most notably in the federal prison system. The overall imprisonment rate dropped 2 percent which shows we are putting fewer people into our prisons, but with the year end count showing only 1% difference we can see that there are still many more people entering our prisons than leaving. Federal prisons released 7,300 prisoners, which was responsible for nearly 37% of overall change in our prison systems that year. The number of women in our prisons went up slightly, by about 700, which is strange because of the overall decrease. It's good that we are seeing numbers like this and I hope they continue to go down in the future, which based off of statistics from earlier years it is very possibly it could continue to decline.-Waterboy001
i think that in coming years the number of people sentenced to prison will in fact go down. i think that America is starting to realize that we are throwing way too many people into prison. i want to find a new type of punishment that isn't as severe as prison. this way minor offenders don't get their lives ruined over stupid mistakes. Sexy_in_Bikini 001
This website has a lot of information about the prison system in the United States that I was unaware of. One thing that I learned from this website is that the number of prisoners under federal and state jurisdiction has actually decreased in recent years. It went down one percent from the years 2015 to 2016. The federal prison population has also decreased by 7,300 prisoners from 2015 to 2016, which is about four percent. This may seem small, but this statistic accounts for 37% of the change in the total US prison population. Another thing I learned was that the women population in prisons has gone up by 700 from 2015 to 2016. Also, the state and federal prison has jurisdiction over 1,459,500 people sentenced for more than year. The imprisonment rate as a whole has decreased two percent overall, which is good to see. In 1989, victims reported that their assailants were probably under the influence of some type of drug or alcohol during the crime about 36% of the time. As far as crimes with weapons go, about 23% of people arrested for weapon offenses are younger than 18 years old. This is alarming because that means that young kids are getting their hands on guns at a higher rate then they should be. In the year 2009 there were an estimated 148,000 hate crimes that were reported, and most of these were related to race or ethnic bias. As far as gang crime, I learned that in 2009 about 4 out of 10 violent crime victims couldn’t tell if their offender was in a gang or not, and about five percent could determine that their offender was a gang member. Males tended to report that the offender was in a gang at a higher rate then females did.- Celtics001
These stats weren’t really what I was expecting. I was expecting that the number of prisoners would have either gone up or down by a substantial amount. Instead I see that in total, the number decreased by about two percent. Maybe its just a slow process. Something else that I found interesting was that the number of women being sentenced to serve over a year of time went up. I forget where exactly I heard this from, but I remember being told that this could partly be due to women trying to take the blame for their boyfriends. For example, guy on probation gets pulled over and has weed on him, he gives it to his girlfriend so that he doesn’t get locked up again. I hope to see fewer people in prison in future years though I don’t know how realistic of a dream that is. Over all very interesting stats. Sexy_in_Bikini 001
I agree with what you said that most women might take the side of there significant other to have their back, by free will. I also think that maybe there are some that are force to do stuff by victimization and don't know how to get out it. A lot of women are easily to take advantage. Which also leads them to become addicted to drugs because of the crime rate. taco001
First off, I think that the most important statistic in this is that the imprisonment rate has decreased in the United States. It has decreased 2% from 2015 to 2016 which may not seem like a lot, but you have to start somewhere. To see this happening in the United States is pretty promising for the countries future. Some people may think it is bad that it has decreased but they don’t know the reason they are out. They could be out for a good reason, but then again they could be getting out for a bad reason. For the corrections facilities, this is good because they are getting overpopulated and people need to get out. Another interesting fact I found is that the number of females sentenced to more than one year in prison increased by 700 from 2015 to 2016. You would think there wouldn’t be a change in the amount of females in prison, but as time goes on, the number will continue to increase. The federal imprisonment rate has decreased. This is also a promising statistic for the United States because the less people in federal prison the better. As said before, the imprisonment rate overall has decreased as well as the federal imprisonment rate. The federal imprisonment rate is accounted for 37% of the imprisonment rate. I actually thought this statistic was kind of high because only prisoners that do harsh crimes serve in federal prison, and 37% seems like a very large number. Numbers overall have decreased for state and federal prisons. The one thing that has increased in this statistics report is women in crime. To me, I like to see the numbers decreasing, but I do not like to see the number of women in prisons increasing. I think this will continue to be a problem. -lilbaby001
I agree with everything that you wrote. I think it is great that the rate of imprisonment is going down as a whole, but I also think it is crazy to think that while the rate as a whole is going down, the rate for females is going up. It makes you wonder what is changing in the world to make this type of impact. I hope that the number for females entering our prison system soon starts decreasing. It would be nice to see the rate of imprisonment as a whole to continue to drop more and more as the years go on. -Anchorman001
The statistics show that from the year 2015 to 2016 the rate of people being imprisoned has been decreasing which is a very good thing, but at the same time, while reading this I was amazed at how many people we are locking up in this country. Even when the numbers are going down, it still is almost unbelievable to see that many people in our country being locked up. I find it very interesting how the number as a whole is going down slowly. The number of imprisonments in federal prisons is going down as well. Another thing that I find interesting is while the number as a whole is going down, the amount of females entering prisons now is going up more in 2016 than it was in 2015. -Anchorman001
I agree that even though the number is going down, the total number of persons incarcerated is insane. The women statistic is interesting and I would like to know more behind it. I don't think it's fair to assume "more women getting locked up" is a bad thing if it's for the right reasons jackrabbit001
I find it interesting that the number of prisoners under state and federal jurisdiction decreased by 1% from 2015 to 2016. I almost feel like it should have increased since technology is advancing at such a rapid rate, therefore making it easier to catch criminals, but it's definitely a relief to know that is not the case and hopefully we are on the path to a more law abiding country. I also find it sort of interesting, yet not so surprising that the number of females sentenced to 1 or more years in state or federal prison increased by 700 in 2016. I feel like the feminist movement may have something to do with this because it empowers women and may encourage them to take matters into their own hands, which in the right setting is a great and very progressive thing, but in this case, it may have been taken out of context and led to the increase of criminal activity among some women. I think another contributing factor may be the rise in single-mother households. In the Netflix show "Good Girls", three struggling mothers turn to a life of crime (robbing grocery stores and money laundering) in order to be able to afford to support their families. One of these mothers is a single mother and I think this is a good example of how some women may think they have no other choice but participating in illegal activities to earn some "fast cash". Some (real-life) women may be turning to crime in order to support their families, which in the long run, only leads to incarceration and further trouble for them and their families in most cases. In conclusion, I hope the prison population continues to decrease so we will no longer be living in an era of mass incarceration. -Reid001
Of course, the most interesting fact is that the number of prisoners total fell 1%. While that isn't as big as a number as some would like or dislike it's definitely a substantial start. One idea I have learned to far is that the media incorrectly displays criminal justice topics all the time. One year or more sentences are lowest since 1997. This is interesting because it shows that prisoners are not getting that long term sentence anymore. Or at least for the year. One huge topic the media messed up is that incarceration is down 29% for black adults. At the end of 2016 more than 21% were non-u.s. citizens. Almost half of prisoners were there for drug offenses at 47%. While I do not agree hard drug use should be legalized this statistic is interesting especially in this day. There has been a slow decline in prisons for years now. The statistic that showed more women in prisons was interesting and I would like to know the sentencing behind it. The entire federal prison population is down by 4%. Imprisonment rate is down by 2% which I would have thought the opposite. A good statistic is that less than 1,000 inmates in federal prisons are 17 or younger. I understand if you are criminally insane but 17 seems like a young age to give up on rehabilitation on someone. Jackrabbit001
I find it very interesting that the prisoner population in state and federal jurisdiction has decreased by 19,800 (1%). Which, means that there isn’t as much serious felonies being sentenced. That leads for only federal prisons to also decrease by 7,300 (4%). It’s a good thing because they are probably giving people parole or probation instead of incarcerating them. One thing that I did find very interesting that the rate of women being incarcerated in federal prison is increasing. There is significantly high number of them being victims of abuse, which could leave them putting matters into their own hands and they commit a crime. It has increased by 700, which is just federal prison. taco001
These statistics are pretty interesting and also give me a little bit of hope when it comes to our incarceration rates here in the United States. between the end of 2015 and the end of 2016 the number of prisoners in both state and federal prisons went down by nearly 20,000 people. 37% of the total decrease in our prison populations came from the federal side of things, decreasing by 7,300 prisoners. On the downside though, from 2015 to 2016 the number of females that were sentenced to over a year in federal prison went up by 700. Overall though, our incarceration rates went down by 2% from 2015 to 2016. What these statistics show me is that even though it may be a slow process, we are steadily bringing our incarceration rates down to where we want them to be.
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I would agree to you that all of these statistics are giving us hope that maybe one day we can have our prison problem under control. It is good that the majority of states are decreasing their prison populations and that the overall incarceration rate is going down. It is surprising though that it seems as though the incarceration rates of women are going up. This is a sad statistic because overall it is going down except for these women. I wonder on why that is. On the point where you say “where we want them” I think that no one in prison would be best, but prison is necessary for some criminals so I would agree with you that getting it where we want it is key and it looks good being able to accomplish it. -Legion001
DeleteAt the end of 2016 an estimated 1,506,800 prisoners were being held in the United States in state and federal prisons. This is a 19,800 person drop from 2015. That is good that the rate of prisoners is decreasing. There are a lot of prisoners that are crowding up our prisons. Approximately 47% of prisoners that are being held, are being held on drug charges. I personally believe that we should lock up drug users but not for as long as they are being held. We should be having them going to rehab or some type of treatment facility instead of being locked up for a really long time for possession of drugs. If you are selling drugs, I feel is a different story, but just possession is not enough. A good that is happening is there is a 4% decrease is black adults in jail. Overall federal and state prisons have admitted 2,300 less prisoners in 2016 than in 2015. In 2016 thirty-one states decreased the populations in their jails and prisons in their states. Only fifteen states increased their population. I also found interesting that in 2016 Illinois only had 43,657 prisoners. This really surprises me because Chicago is in Illinois. I would assume that number in Chicago, but not in the whole of Illinois. Of those 43,657 inmates 41,044 inmates are male. That is crazy to me because that is a major majority of inmates that are males. This surprises me but it also doesn’t because it seems that men do commit more crimes than women. From 2015 to 2016 women being put into prison for more than one year increased by 700 prisoners. That is scary because it seems like overall the crime is going down and a lot of these other statistics are proving that, but this statistic is one of the few that is going up. -Legion001
ReplyDeleteI had no idea that 47% of prisoners being held are for drug charges. That number seems really high considering how many of those crimes were for weed. I think that we should stop holding people for long terms due to drug convictions and instead rehabilitate them so that they don’t come out addicted to the same thing they were in there for. I also didn’t know that there was a four percent decrease of black people in jail. This is good because it means the bias might be going down and police officers might be treating everyone equally regardless of their skin color.-Celtics001
DeleteOver the past few years crime has been on a decline despite what it looks like in the media but it does show true in the prisons. The numbers from the 2016 report show a significant decline of state and federal prisoners. A surprising 1.5 million prisoners were locked up as of 2016 and there was a 1% drop in state imprisonment and a 4% drop in federal prisoners which doesn't house the more dangerous criminals that the state prisons do. Another couple facts that are quite interesting to think about is that in 2016 state and federal prisons both admitted 2,300 fewer prisoners. Now the question with that is, is that lower due to the courts and judges dismissing fewer cases or, are less people committing crimes. Now at the end of 2016 47% of prisoners in federal prisons were charged with drug possession. That is pretty staggering considering that is almost half of the population just for some drug charges. Some of those drug cases may be more severe but a lot deal with simple marijuana charges that they should not be locked up for due to over populated prison systems across the country. Another number to look at is how thirty one states had decreased their populations with only 15 states increasing their numbers which is good evidence of the decline of crime overall. Also at the end of 2016 the imprisonment rate for all prisoners was 450 per every 100,000 residents. Also the federal and state imprisonment rate by race has shown that for African Americans it has dropped the most drastically and the whites have only declined but looked more like a flat line on the graph. The BOP held a total of 50 prisoners age 17 or younger in private facilities but held a higher number in adult facilities. Another fact that I found interesting was that 1/10th of prisoners sentenced to one or more years were 55 years old or older. It makes you wonder about how the demographics match up to the crimes sometimes and why certain people are committing less crimes and some are committing more than before such as women. The crime rates have been dropping and so has prison populations across the country but the women have been increasing in incarceration and crime rapidly. -Blues001
ReplyDeleteI agree that in these past few years crime has been going down significantly than what it used to be. The media has always shown a lot of crime throughout the U.S. but overall crime is going down slowly but surely. The 1% and 4% differences in state and federal prison populations is not a big difference but it's a start. It's crazy how 47% of federal prisoners were charged with drug possession. This is a really big statistic. Another good point you made is that many people are being sent to prison for marijuana charges when the a more fitting punishment for it should be either paying a fine or serving some time in jail instead of prison.
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I agree with your point that most of these are probably just marijuana charges that they shouldn’t be in for in my opinion. Everyone has different opinions, but I think getting locked up for a simple marijuana charge is not acceptable. I can believe that 47% of people in prison are in there for drug possession because I feel like it is more common than people think. I think you also bring up a good point about the decrease in imprisonment. The question is, is the judge dismissing more cases or are people committing fewer crimes? That question really makes me think, but I think the numbers will just continue to decrease. -lilbaby001
DeleteI like that you questioned whether the decrease in incarceration was due to more lenient judges or because of an actual decrease in crime because it is kind of hard to figure that out since so many crimes go unreported and so many people don't get caught after committing crimes. I also think a lot of the prison population is doing time for drug crimes, which, in my opinion isn't the best use of resources since those offenders are not a direct danger to society and we should be using our money to incarcerate violent offenders instead of wasting it on those who are not a threat to others.
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The statistics show that there was a 1% difference in the number of prisoners between the years of 2015-16. As well as the federal prison population going down by 4%. Looking at the exact number of prisoners that year and how many less there were it shows that crime is really decreasing and the amount of prisoners are decreasing. If we look at the statistics from the past few years instead of just the two years listed in the article, we can see that crime rates have dropped significantly. However I believe that there can be much to be done to further decrease the prison population throughout the U.S. We should try to focus a lot on trying to rehabilitate as many prisoners as we can to maintain the population of prisons and to keep those same people from returning to prison. Keeping and maintaining prisoners is expensive no matter what type of prison they are kept in and with less prisoners the state can save money and use it for other needs. The process of lowering the populations are working slowly and eventually we will reach a point where prison overpopulation will never be a problem anymore. However there are a lot of factors that will cause someone to live a life of crime. Factors such as poverty, losing jobs, or influence are likely to cause people to commit crimes. 93% of prisoners are men, which is not very surprising because men are more likely to commit crimes than women. However in these past few years the amount of female prisoners are going up despite the prison population going down altogether. Another point I think is worth mentioning is the difference between black and white prisoners. There were more than twice as many black prisoners than white prisoners among both men and women. In my opinion there is a lot of bias taking place with these statistics. Unfortunately bias has been around for a long time and it's a shame that it is. Not all people that have been arrested have to necessarily go to prison. There can be alternative punishments such as community service.
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I could not agree more with your statement about finding alternative punishments in order to decrease the prison populations. Lots of prisoners are serving sentences that could be basic drug charges and just dismissed with a simple rehab program in order to set them straight and prevent something similar happening later down the road for that individual. I also agree with you stating the sad statistic about how there is a large bias in the prison populations and how it can influence factors of imprisonment and who gets released. It is very sad to see these things happening in this day and age and it would be nice for those things to all go away and just focus on the punishment fitting the crime committed.
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These statistics show a decline in incarceration rates, most notably in the federal prison system. The overall imprisonment rate dropped 2 percent which shows we are putting fewer people into our prisons, but with the year end count showing only 1% difference we can see that there are still many more people entering our prisons than leaving. Federal prisons released 7,300 prisoners, which was responsible for nearly 37% of overall change in our prison systems that year. The number of women in our prisons went up slightly, by about 700, which is strange because of the overall decrease. It's good that we are seeing numbers like this and I hope they continue to go down in the future, which based off of statistics from earlier years it is very possibly it could continue to decline.-Waterboy001
ReplyDeletei think that in coming years the number of people sentenced to prison will in fact go down. i think that America is starting to realize that we are throwing way too many people into prison. i want to find a new type of punishment that isn't as severe as prison. this way minor offenders don't get their lives ruined over stupid mistakes. Sexy_in_Bikini 001
DeleteThis website has a lot of information about the prison system in the United States that I was unaware of. One thing that I learned from this website is that the number of prisoners under federal and state jurisdiction has actually decreased in recent years. It went down one percent from the years 2015 to 2016. The federal prison population has also decreased by 7,300 prisoners from 2015 to 2016, which is about four percent. This may seem small, but this statistic accounts for 37% of the change in the total US prison population. Another thing I learned was that the women population in prisons has gone up by 700 from 2015 to 2016. Also, the state and federal prison has jurisdiction over 1,459,500 people sentenced for more than year. The imprisonment rate as a whole has decreased two percent overall, which is good to see. In 1989, victims reported that their assailants were probably under the influence of some type of drug or alcohol during the crime about 36% of the time. As far as crimes with weapons go, about 23% of people arrested for weapon offenses are younger than 18 years old. This is alarming because that means that young kids are getting their hands on guns at a higher rate then they should be. In the year 2009 there were an estimated 148,000 hate crimes that were reported, and most of these were related to race or ethnic bias. As far as gang crime, I learned that in 2009 about 4 out of 10 violent crime victims couldn’t tell if their offender was in a gang or not, and about five percent could determine that their offender was a gang member. Males tended to report that the offender was in a gang at a higher rate then females did.- Celtics001
ReplyDeleteThese stats weren’t really what I was expecting. I was expecting that the number of prisoners would have either gone up or down by a substantial amount. Instead I see that in total, the number decreased by about two percent. Maybe its just a slow process. Something else that I found interesting was that the number of women being sentenced to serve over a year of time went up. I forget where exactly I heard this from, but I remember being told that this could partly be due to women trying to take the blame for their boyfriends. For example, guy on probation gets pulled over and has weed on him, he gives it to his girlfriend so that he doesn’t get locked up again. I hope to see fewer people in prison in future years though I don’t know how realistic of a dream that is. Over all very interesting stats. Sexy_in_Bikini 001
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you said that most women might take the side of there significant other to have their back, by free will. I also think that maybe there are some that are force to do stuff by victimization and don't know how to get out it. A lot of women are easily to take advantage. Which also leads them to become addicted to drugs because of the crime rate. taco001
DeleteFirst off, I think that the most important statistic in this is that the imprisonment rate has decreased in the United States. It has decreased 2% from 2015 to 2016 which may not seem like a lot, but you have to start somewhere. To see this happening in the United States is pretty promising for the countries future. Some people may think it is bad that it has decreased but they don’t know the reason they are out. They could be out for a good reason, but then again they could be getting out for a bad reason. For the corrections facilities, this is good because they are getting overpopulated and people need to get out. Another interesting fact I found is that the number of females sentenced to more than one year in prison increased by 700 from 2015 to 2016. You would think there wouldn’t be a change in the amount of females in prison, but as time goes on, the number will continue to increase. The federal imprisonment rate has decreased. This is also a promising statistic for the United States because the less people in federal prison the better. As said before, the imprisonment rate overall has decreased as well as the federal imprisonment rate. The federal imprisonment rate is accounted for 37% of the imprisonment rate. I actually thought this statistic was kind of high because only prisoners that do harsh crimes serve in federal prison, and 37% seems like a very large number. Numbers overall have decreased for state and federal prisons. The one thing that has increased in this statistics report is women in crime. To me, I like to see the numbers decreasing, but I do not like to see the number of women in prisons increasing. I think this will continue to be a problem. -lilbaby001
ReplyDeleteI agree with everything that you wrote. I think it is great that the rate of imprisonment is going down as a whole, but I also think it is crazy to think that while the rate as a whole is going down, the rate for females is going up. It makes you wonder what is changing in the world to make this type of impact. I hope that the number for females entering our prison system soon starts decreasing. It would be nice to see the rate of imprisonment as a whole to continue to drop more and more as the years go on. -Anchorman001
DeleteThe statistics show that from the year 2015 to 2016 the rate of people being imprisoned has been decreasing which is a very good thing, but at the same time, while reading this I was amazed at how many people we are locking up in this country. Even when the numbers are going down, it still is almost unbelievable to see that many people in our country being locked up. I find it very interesting how the number as a whole is going down slowly. The number of imprisonments in federal prisons is going down as well. Another thing that I find interesting is while the number as a whole is going down, the amount of females entering prisons now is going up more in 2016 than it was in 2015. -Anchorman001
ReplyDeleteI agree that even though the number is going down, the total number of persons incarcerated is insane. The women statistic is interesting and I would like to know more behind it. I don't think it's fair to assume "more women getting locked up" is a bad thing if it's for the right reasons jackrabbit001
DeleteI find it interesting that the number of prisoners under state and federal jurisdiction decreased by 1% from 2015 to 2016. I almost feel like it should have increased since technology is advancing at such a rapid rate, therefore making it easier to catch criminals, but it's definitely a relief to know that is not the case and hopefully we are on the path to a more law abiding country. I also find it sort of interesting, yet not so surprising that the number of females sentenced to 1 or more years in state or federal prison increased by 700 in 2016. I feel like the feminist movement may have something to do with this because it empowers women and may encourage them to take matters into their own hands, which in the right setting is a great and very progressive thing, but in this case, it may have been taken out of context and led to the increase of criminal activity among some women. I think another contributing factor may be the rise in single-mother households. In the Netflix show "Good Girls", three struggling mothers turn to a life of crime (robbing grocery stores and money laundering) in order to be able to afford to support their families. One of these mothers is a single mother and I think this is a good example of how some women may think they have no other choice but participating in illegal activities to earn some "fast cash". Some (real-life) women may be turning to crime in order to support their families, which in the long run, only leads to incarceration and further trouble for them and their families in most cases. In conclusion, I hope the prison population continues to decrease so we will no longer be living in an era of mass incarceration.
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Of course, the most interesting fact is that the number of prisoners total fell 1%. While that isn't as big as a number as some would like or dislike it's definitely a substantial start. One idea I have learned to far is that the media incorrectly displays criminal justice topics all the time. One year or more sentences are lowest since 1997. This is interesting because it shows that prisoners are not getting that long term sentence anymore. Or at least for the year. One huge topic the media messed up is that incarceration is down 29% for black adults. At the end of 2016 more than 21% were non-u.s. citizens. Almost half of prisoners were there for drug offenses at 47%. While I do not agree hard drug use should be legalized this statistic is interesting especially in this day. There has been a slow decline in prisons for years now. The statistic that showed more women in prisons was interesting and I would like to know the sentencing behind it. The entire federal prison population is down by 4%. Imprisonment rate is down by 2% which I would have thought the opposite. A good statistic is that less than 1,000 inmates in federal prisons are 17 or younger. I understand if you are criminally insane but 17 seems like a young age to give up on rehabilitation on someone. Jackrabbit001
ReplyDeleteI find it very interesting that the prisoner population in state and federal jurisdiction has decreased by 19,800 (1%). Which, means that there isn’t as much serious felonies being sentenced. That leads for only federal prisons to also decrease by 7,300 (4%). It’s a good thing because they are probably giving people parole or probation instead of incarcerating them. One thing that I did find very interesting that the rate of women being incarcerated in federal prison is increasing. There is significantly high number of them being victims of abuse, which could leave them putting matters into their own hands and they commit a crime. It has increased by 700, which is just federal prison. taco001
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