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One of the ways prisons deal with overcrowding is to release "small-time" offenders. In addition, they can parole offenders releasing them to half-way houses or back into the community. Lastly, another way is through interstate compact in which a state will transfer their inmate to another state. == == Let some of the inmates out. When Texas was pressed to the gills in the late 80's, they passed a mega-bucks bill to expand the prisons; from like 30 to now over 100. Problem is, that gave ammo to the "tough on crime" legislators and now all those new prisons are full again. And nobody wants anymore prisons. So if they don't ease up on parole requirements, they'll have to start triple or quadruple bunking per cell like they did in the 80's, and the whole mess starts all over again.

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JAILS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY ARE OVERPOPULATED AND THAT IS A FACT.

A new report published this week shows that 1 in 100 Americans in in the prison system. Some 3 million. So yes this is a problem.

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They fit them in wehrever they find room - in many cases transferring them to jails or prisons in other areas that have sufficient space. Otherwise, most states have a program where they begin releasing on parole, inmates very close to the end of their sentences or those with so-called "minor" offenses.

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Jails and prisons are two different things. Presumably, the asker means why are prisons overcrowed. Jails are basically holding tanks for offenders until they go to trial. Prison is where convicted criminals go to serve the time they have received as the result of a criminal trial. The simple reason why prisons are overcrowded is because many people are convicted of crimes.

Beyond the simple explanation, many factors come into play such as race, socio-economics, family composition, the cycles of poverty and violence, homelessness, alcohol and drug abuse, anger management, domestic violence, the state of society, the types of laws that our nation and states have on the books, the type of political system we have, the function of voter input in passing these laws, and the judicial system...just to name a few.

Minorities are overrepresented in proportion to their numbers in our society, and many people believe that racism is prevalent in the criminal justice system. Beyond that, poverty also makes defending one's self difficult because it costs money to get a good defense lawyer. Therefore, we often see the rich convicted fewer times and receiving lenient sentences.

Many criminals are convicted of non-violent drug related crimes and are ordered to serve hard time rather than, or in addition to, substance abuse counseling. Oftentimes drug addicts commit crimes to support their habits, but the United States also has relatively strict laws on possession and distrubution of drugs. Something else to consider is that people on drugs are more likely to be homeless and may also suffer from mental disorders. It seems logical that the incarcerated population would decrease if drug policies were changed, but our nation tends to equate prison with punishment rather than treatment for the offender. The recitivism rate (rate at which previous offenders return to prison) in this country is high, as is the percentage of the prison population addicted to illegal drugs.

One other important reason to consider is a problem with education. People with lower levels of education have higher tendencies to be incarcerated. This idea goes along with minority overrepresentation, poverty, and the cycle of poverty. Generational poverty often continues in minority communities and interferes with minorities' continuation of education.

Another view is that the lack of effective punishment and coddling of criminals is creating a culture where people are emboldened to commit crimes. Prison operations are limited by current interpretations of the Constitution, and interpretations change as trends change in time.

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People generally will stay in jail until they are found guilty or plead guilty. That can take nearly a year or even more in murder, rape, or other violent crime cases. Only after found or pleading guilty then they are prison bound. After that they usually get transferred to a penitentiary within a few weeks

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prisons are overcrowding because of minimum mandatory sentences for addicts who are being charged with drug trafficking as myself.these crimes are putting people in prison for 3-30yrs instead of getting them treatment.

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