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The Pros And Cons Of Prison Overcrowding

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As the focus on prison overcrowding continues to remain a concern in the United States U.S. today, the exploration and implementation of other alternatives other than incarceration in particular for non-violent crimes continues to remain the primary focus of prison overcrowding and re-entry. Furthermore, the fact that statistics reflect that there are approximately 7.1 million adults currently detained in correctional facilities in the U.S. today, representing one in forty-eight continue to remain in one way or another under some method of correctional supervision, of this figure 4.06 million adults are on probation, were as another 840,676 are currently on parole, and yet another 2.3 million adults are detained in either prisons or jails,
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