https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c en-us 2017-04-07 16:26:52 UTC 2017-04-13 02:53:23 UTC hello@padlet.com erosales19 https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165428559 http://www.attn.com/stories/1382/fixing-americas-mass-incarceration-problem]]> 2017-04-07 16:29:18 UTC https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165428559 erosales19 https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165428941 "Out of wealthy countries, America's number one—the best—at putting people behind bars. With only about 5 percent of the world's population, the United States hold 25 percent of the world's prison population. How did we get here?']]> 2017-04-07 16:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165428941 erosales19 https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165434538 In this source Marc Mauer, the executive director of The Sentencing Project, says that " the older someone gets , the less likely they are to commit serious crimes " with Marc saying this it shows that the youth are the main people causing crime and with that why should they deserve better conditions ? ]]> 2017-04-07 16:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165434538 erosales19 https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165717614 With the previous research being found out i include that during childhood one learns whats wrong and right with receiving discipline from ones parents / guardian. Some parents spanked their children giveing them the sense that what they did was wrong . If prisons had the best conditions ever wouldn't it provoke the youth to want to still continue to commit crimes . Maybe the homes they are living in right now are the best and the only way to get the right care is to commit crime and stay in a cell for the rest of their lives. ]]> 2017-04-10 16:25:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165717614 erosales19 https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165718566 "Even more worrying, powerful prison guard unions often lobby to put more people behind bars to support their livelihoods. " ]]> 2017-04-10 16:28:55 UTC https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165718566 erosales19 https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165720463 "In recent years, the country has begun moving away from the “tough on crime” policies that have made its prison systems so big and expensive. " With this quote how are prisons all around the U.S. going to have to be given better conditions than already given when they are already too expensive and contain way too many people .]]> 2017-04-10 16:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165720463 erosales19 https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165721966 'But if you look at where our tax dollars go, our priorities often don’t line up with our values. A prime example of this is spending on prisons versus schools. We spend $62,300 a year to keep one inmate in prison, and just $9,100 per year per student in our public schools, according to the California Budget Project. "]]> 2017-04-10 16:42:00 UTC https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165721966 erosales19 https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165722463 With all these people going to jail the U.S. has failed to realize what really matters . Why should so much money be sent to prisons when the people that are in there put the punishment on themselves. Instead we should focus more on the future of our country .]]> 2017-04-10 16:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165722463 erosales19 https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165723217 "The Sentencing Project found that individuals released from life sentences were less than one third as likely to be rearrested within three years compared to other formerly incarcerated individuals.” Living in a prison makes you want to change your life. If prisons made you feel at home you would continue to do the same crime just to go back.]]> 2017-04-10 16:46:42 UTC https://padlet.com/erosales19/e7jp1k409e7c/wish/165723217