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article on why prison reform will improve the overall effectiveness of imprisonment. plus, the adverse effeteness imprisonment has on more than than just the prisoner.

There is a long list of issues our nation has with prison. It's unsanitary, the food doesn't support a healthy diet. The lack of safety is a huge concern. This website explains many issues with American prison and list possibilities to change it.

The detrimental impact of imprisonment, not only on individuals but on families and communities also need to be taken into account. Central to the arguments to promote prison reforms is a human rights argument.

A simple sentence in prison could be deadly. Multiple prisoners are denied treatment based on bias decisions in the justice systems. Hepatitis C is a serious condition and needs to be taken as such.

It is sad that prisoners do not get the proper health care that they should be entitled to. Especially considering a good majority of people in prison were and are wrongfully committed, they now go through such terrible conditions. It really is

It saddens me to see this happening in prisons. Although most prisoners are in the place they are for committing a crime, they should still not be denied treatment for something like Hepatitis. The bias decisions should be left out when it comes to a life or death situation.

The author describes the United States prison system. The amount of people incarcerated in the U.S. is astonishing. The prison system lacks transparency; which is cause for great concern. The public is often aware of what takes place in a prison. The lack of public knowledge creates unsafe environments for both inmates and staff.

A good resource that lists prisoner's basic rights and expectations while serving time. It points out the constitutional rights they maintain and reviews other rights that have been challenged in Court. I do believe that prisoners deserve to keep their basic human rights and these should not be compromised.

The imprisonment of human beings at record levels is both a moral failure and an economic one - especially at a time when more and more Americans are struggling to make ends meet and when state governments confront enormous fiscal crises. Having a system that relies on mass incarceration to continue in order to make profits goes against the purpose of the criminal justice system.

This article talks about how Norwegian prisons treat their inmates. They are confined similar to American facilities but they are allowed much more liberties. Norway has the lowest repeat offender rate in all of the EU. Which also reduces the amount of money spent on the correctional system in their country.

This article talks about Norway's somewhat radical approach to the prison system. It highlights some of the aspects in Norwegian that are used to help convicts become productive members of society rather than simply punishing them out of spite.

Covers prison systems and their foundations as well as the inequality in penal confinement. There are lots of statics and factual information including the rate of incarceration over a timeframe. There will be many factors that play into incarceration like race. Then there is also information on who incarceration affects besides the inmate.

This article provides several proposed solutions on how to improve the mental health care system in America. While proposing solutions, it also is identifying issues with the current system suck as the emphasis on punishment over treatment in the prison system.

This article talks about the reasons why drugs (of all kinds) should be legal. It talks about how legalizing drugs could potentially make streets safer and would aid in preventing prison overcrowding. It also brings up how legalizing drugs would free up police resources, unclog the court system, reduce official corruption and how it could cripple organized crime. It also talks about how legalizing drugs can prevent the contraction of AIDS and other diseases and prevent the erosion of personal liberties.

I do believe marijuana should be legal due to so many people using the drug even though it is illegal. It definitely would prevent prison overcrowding and if alcohol is legal and kills people often, why can't marijuana be legal?

This article talks about how trump pardoned arpio. Arpio was being held in regards to him and his team detaining people based on their suspicion that those people were in the country illegally. It also talks about how arpio wants to run for office again

This article can be taken many different ways. Arpio being pardoned is not something that is for the better of this state and as a country. Everyone needs to be held accountable for their actions, and when people are being let off so easily just as Arpio is, it is not fair for the rest of us.

As the article stated, not much can be done now that Joe Arpaio has been pardoned. I do believe, however, that this dismissal ought to unify Arizona residents in the fight against racial profiling. Whether a victim of Arpaio's practices or not, he committed an unethical crime and is not only being "forgiven," but given the opportunity for a fresh start which does not follow the American justice system.