Prison overcrowding is a social phenomenon occurring when the demand for space in prisons in a jurisdiction exceeds the capacity for prisoners.The issues associated with prison overcrowding are not new, and have been brewing for many years. During the United States’ War on Drugs, the states were left responsible for solving the prison overcrowding issue with a limited amount of money. Moreover, federal prison populations may increase if states adhere to federal policies, such as mandatory minimum sentences. On the other hand, the Justice Department provides billions of dollars a year…
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Response rates from 4.7k Connacht voters.
48% Yes |
52% No |
26% Yes |
43% No |
14% Yes, but they must perform community service on a daily basis |
7% No, but we should increase funding to offer education and skill building services for prisoners |
8% Yes, but place them under house arrest using an electronic bracelet |
2% No, we should build more prisons |
0% No, transfer them to under crowded prisons instead |
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Unique answers from Connacht voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
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It depends on the non violent crime, tax evasion or piracy wouldn’t be too bad but absolutely not to anyone violating a restraining order or a sex offender
@9ZSD3Y34hrs4H
Yes, and they should be provided with social, health and educational programmes to help them integrate into the community
@9ZK59FC2wks2W
If they did horrific things in the past, I think they should serve that sentence, regardless of the overcrowding issue and that they are now behaving in a non-violent way. If the crime is something related to drugs or something non-violent, then the least violent crimes and least harmful people to society should be released.
@9ZJ6XD82wks2W
No, how do you describe a non violent criminal, what sort of crimes has this non violent person committed. I think we should improve the imprisonment system, so when prisoners are released they don’t commit another crime.
@9ZHVLK62wks2W
Yes, but depending on the crime, what if it was a non violent pedophile who was found with content on devices? then no
@9ZHTGD6 2wks2W
Prisions are devided based on gender. Some prisoners may be more violent towards the opposite sex or even children. Therefore the individual cases should be marked as safe or unsafe by qualified psycologists. The circumstances of the crimes should then be reviewed by more than one judge with the psycological evaluations before release is enacted.
@9ZHSML92wks2W
It depends on the severity of the crime that was committed. There is a big difference between shoplifting and stealing millions of Euro.
@9ZH95KB2wks2W
Yes, provided that they complete some sort of community service and also are checking in with their social workers making sure they get the rehabilitation they need
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