Overcrowding In today’s society criminals have learned that unless they are involved in a serious crime, their punishment will not be sever. Almost all long-term sentences have to deal with felons who have committed serious offenses. So were do we draw the line on giving out short-term sentences to criminals. Prison overcrowding has become a big issue lately, and lots of money has been spent to try to solve this problem. There are a …showed first 75 words of 543 total…

…showed last 75 words of 543 total…three felonies in there lifetime the will be there for the rest of their life, no excuses. The basic reasoning for this solution is that criminals know that if they get caught breaking the law they will go to jail. And to be able to threaten them with the chance of a lifetime jail term will solve this problem. Works Cited King, Rufus. “It’s time to Open the Doors of Our Prisons.” Newsweek 19 April 1999: 10.