"About 68 percent of 405,000 prisoners released in 30 states in 2005 were arrested for a new crime within three years of their release from prison, and 77 percent were arrested within five years, according to a report by the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) released Tuesday.
The report, entitled Recidivism of State Prisoners Released in 2005, is based on a BJS data collection which tracked a sample of former prison inmates from 30 states for five years following their release in 2005."
from "Once A Criminal, Always A Criminal?" by Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 2014
"A BJS news release says its latest findings on recidivism cannot be directly compared to the bureau's previous study on prisoners released in 1994 in 15 states, because of changes in the demographic characteristics and criminal histories of the U.S. prison population, an increase in the number of states in the study, and improvements made to the quality and completeness of the nation's criminal history records since the mid-1990s."
I feel sure these figures are always changing and subject to opinion. Does a man change?
Let me share a story. There was a man arrested and convicted for felony DUI.....twice. He spent time.....twice.
He was released....twice. Rehabilitated or time bomb?
Who can afford caring for a person like this? Should he not repay what he actually cost everyone? Let's say he was a time bomb. He was driving drunk again and killed a person. Sound bad? Let's say he drove away and left the person to die. Who can pay for that? Impossible.
Our prisons and jails see them come and go. Some people drain society and do not care. Don't drink and drive.
Simple, right? I guess that is just too much to ask from some people.
A vehicle driven by a drunk is a weapon, and a very dangerous one. Watch the other guy.
" The United States leads the world in both the total number of incarcerated convicts and the percentage of national population in prison. Nearly 2.4 million people wake up in a prison each morning, 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. This staggering number only gets more serious when it leads to the financial statistics associated with it." from "How Much Does It Cost To Incarcerate A Convict?" from Criminal Justice Degree Hub
"The average annual cost to incarcerate one inmate is $31,307, but this can vary widely from state to state. In New York for instance, it costs between $50,000 and $60,000. A shocking total of $63.4 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars goes to the imprisonment of its criminals, but why is the price so high?" It all adds up from the cost of prisons, healthcare, security, food, and so much more. Criminals are sucking society.
Let's say little Joey and his friends are violently attacked by someone from a different neighborhood. Two of them suffer gunshot wounds. Average costs to try and keep them alive is over $50,000 a man. They were selling their drugs in the wrong place.
Now, we have another LEO shot while sitting in his cruiser. We are so screwed. It is virtually impossible to make people responsible for their own crimes. They say they are victims. Victims of what, exactly?
The report, entitled Recidivism of State Prisoners Released in 2005, is based on a BJS data collection which tracked a sample of former prison inmates from 30 states for five years following their release in 2005."
from "Once A Criminal, Always A Criminal?" by Stephanie Slifer, CBS News, 2014
"A BJS news release says its latest findings on recidivism cannot be directly compared to the bureau's previous study on prisoners released in 1994 in 15 states, because of changes in the demographic characteristics and criminal histories of the U.S. prison population, an increase in the number of states in the study, and improvements made to the quality and completeness of the nation's criminal history records since the mid-1990s."
I feel sure these figures are always changing and subject to opinion. Does a man change?
Let me share a story. There was a man arrested and convicted for felony DUI.....twice. He spent time.....twice.
He was released....twice. Rehabilitated or time bomb?
Who can afford caring for a person like this? Should he not repay what he actually cost everyone? Let's say he was a time bomb. He was driving drunk again and killed a person. Sound bad? Let's say he drove away and left the person to die. Who can pay for that? Impossible.
Our prisons and jails see them come and go. Some people drain society and do not care. Don't drink and drive.
Simple, right? I guess that is just too much to ask from some people.
A vehicle driven by a drunk is a weapon, and a very dangerous one. Watch the other guy.
" The United States leads the world in both the total number of incarcerated convicts and the percentage of national population in prison. Nearly 2.4 million people wake up in a prison each morning, 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. This staggering number only gets more serious when it leads to the financial statistics associated with it." from "How Much Does It Cost To Incarcerate A Convict?" from Criminal Justice Degree Hub
"The average annual cost to incarcerate one inmate is $31,307, but this can vary widely from state to state. In New York for instance, it costs between $50,000 and $60,000. A shocking total of $63.4 billion in U.S. taxpayer dollars goes to the imprisonment of its criminals, but why is the price so high?" It all adds up from the cost of prisons, healthcare, security, food, and so much more. Criminals are sucking society.
Let's say little Joey and his friends are violently attacked by someone from a different neighborhood. Two of them suffer gunshot wounds. Average costs to try and keep them alive is over $50,000 a man. They were selling their drugs in the wrong place.
Now, we have another LEO shot while sitting in his cruiser. We are so screwed. It is virtually impossible to make people responsible for their own crimes. They say they are victims. Victims of what, exactly?
