why are the majority of prisoners in jail?
351073
Because they broke the law or got caught up with someone who was breaking the law!
701541
In America I don't believe there are co-ed prisons even if the prisoners were supervised. For one reason there just is not enough correctional officers to watch them. Second, females are more prone to be violated my male prisoners.
1101004
what if the guy is in prison?
298540
Contrary to popular myth, inmates do not have internet access, there are no currently incarcerated people here.\nThere seem to be quite a few former inmates, and moms, wives, girlfriends and siblings of current inmates hanging around, but no current inmates.
210174
In other words after the person has served their time and gotten out of prison paying their debt to society, why can't he or she get a fair break when it comes to finding a decent paying job or affordable housing. Most of the time people are prejudiced in their decisions in these matters because of the stigma associated with ex-prisoners and the person who can't get the decent job to support his or her family or can't afford decent housing is forced back into some form of criminal activity in order to survive. It is a destructive cycle that is hard to break.
115387
Often, there are "Halfway Houses" available to help released inmates make the transition back into the "free world" and there are many community groups like "Friends Outside" that are devoted to helping inmates and their families during and after incarceration and the Parole Office can usually assist with housing information... they can be difficult to find, but there are resources available.\nPart of the reason so many return to prison is attitudes like the one above that no transitional help should be available... I say dumping released convicts on the street with no recourse or succor is counterproductive.
888621
No, this is not how it is. The problem of our justice system is quite the opposite. The majority of today's prison population consists of the offenders who have been convicted of drug charges. If only about 20 years ago, if you go to a maximum security prison, you will mostly see murderers or robbers there. Today, however, most people there are drug dealers and drug users. For the drug users, I believe is where the system fails: they need to be treated, not sent into a maximum security prison.
349684
They don't.  In fact and this is very sad, we keep more of our people in prison than any other country in the world, and we call ourselves a world leader.\n\nSad, very sad.
50620
This is a seriosu problem in ALL prisons. It seems that peopel seem to think it is added punishment for those that are sent to prison. The fact it is sactioned by many guards and wardens is appaling. It can often ruin the lives of inmates and make minor criminals worse by subjecting to beatings and rape.\n\nIt is not limited to Detroit, but nationwide.\n\nWrite your local Congress Rep and your Sentaors abot this topic.
69482
JAILS are locally-operated correctional facilities that confine persons before or after adjudication. Inmates sentenced to jail usually have a sentence of 1 year or less. (This can vary by state.) Jails also incarcerate persons in a variety of other categories, such as persons being held pending arraignment, trial, conviction, or sentencing; those who have been returned to custody following violation of the terms of their release on probation or parole; and persons being transferred to the custody of other criminal justice/correctional authorities.\n\nPRISONS are operated by either a state or the federal government, and they confine only those individuals who have been sentenced to 1 year or more of incarceration. Generally, persons sentenced to prison have been convicted of a felony offense.
938635
The solution is complex but yes we need to give prisoners a basic education or better if they want, more job training, drug resistance education, mental health solutions and help with dealing with people in general once out. Prison is not soft and I dont know where anyone got that idea. People end up back in prison for the same reasons they got there in the first place; no job, no education, no hope.Our jails are not rehabilitation centers and no rehab is done there so of course they come out just as bad as when they went in.
776114
Its the criminal Justice system that's up the creak. Prisons are full with people who should not be there The mentally incompetent  and sick ( They shut all the mental hospitals) people locked up for not paying fines maintenance (take the money from them when they get paid, receive the Giro)  \n\nThe result is the prisons are overcrowded, so the idiots let out the real criminals on parol to kill rape and rob the rest of us. The problem requires a complete overhaul of the way we punish offenders. Lock up real criminals and get the idle sods who dont pay finds or cause a nusance to work in the community clearing up the mess they make
253516
County jail are used for inmates that are sentenced to less than one year and those unable to make bail and are going through the court process.  Prison is run by the state and is for those sentenced to more than one year.\n\nIn both the jail and prison, there are different areas of the units.  They have the low security inmates that will not cause much problems.  The mid level security inmates have an inclination to cause problems.  The maximum security level inmates are those that have started major fights and problems in the general population and are segregated to prevent future problems.
971139
I know a lot of folks who've been in the joint (I live in a poor neighborhood & I used to work in construction). \n\nFrom what I know, prison sucks for both genders - it's boring, there are a lot of a**holes in there, the clothes are ugly, the medical care is inadequate and the guards will kick your ass in a heartbeat.\n\nAnd there are a LOT of fights in jail - and a lot more tension. Male prisoners are CONSTANTLY trying to avoid fighting - since fights = lockdown and on lockdown you're stuck in your cell and that really sucks (no commissary, no phone calls, no lifting weights or playing basketball in the yard ect).\n\nThat's why ex jailbirds tend to be overly polite - in prison, if you even THINK you insulted another prisoner, you say you're sorry immediately - otherwise there WILL be a fight - and I just told you what happens when they fight - it screws it up for everybody\n\nBut, the food is good, and they have really big portions \n\nThis is true for both men and women\n\nFor guys, there is a LOT of the gay stuff- but it's mostly CONSENSUAL \n\nMost guys admit they had sex with men in the joint, but they swear that they were "the man" and the other guy was "the bitch" (of course, at least 50% of them are lying)\n\nOf course, there are jailhouse rapes (and, legally speaking ALL prison sex is rape since prisoners are considered legally dead in terms of civil law when they are inside and therefore they cannot consent to sex) but most jailhouse sex is consensual (men with no other outlet doing what they have to do to fulful their urges)\n\nIn women's jails, their is a LOT of lesbianism (and here, it's almost 100% consensual, it's almost unhead of for a woman to rape another woman in the joint)\n\nAnd there is a lot of sex with the guards - male Corrections Officers give special "favors" to their little prison girlfriends - more food, special items that the commissary doesn't stock, better work assignments ect\n\nlegally, that's all rape (and from time to time DoC cracks down on the guards who have sex with prisoners)\n\nThere's also a lot more fighting in women's prisons.\n\nThe guys tend to avoid fights since the consequences are so serious and they get super polite to make sure that they don't have a fight unless there's no other choice\n\nWomen in prison aren't like that \n\nYou know how women are on the outside ? They love to argue and pick fights, and they won't drop it until they win?\n\nWomen are WORSE in the joint!\n\nArguments will start at the drop of the hat (women prisoners even ARGUE WITH THE CO'S! Since male CO's are less likely to kick a woman prisoner's ass than a male, the girls know they can get away with it)\n\nAnd, since  the DoC isn't as quick to use teargas, mace and nightsticks against fighting women inmates, the women know the consequences aren't as serious as they are in the male institutions\n\nso the girls fight all the time, over dumb stuff (just like women do in the real world)\n\nIn other words, prison sucks for women just as much as it does for men, but in a slightly different way!
474772
My opinion is that if people r put in prison, some may just come of with an even worse attitude than they had when they went in. Look at recidivism rates.......
1169535
They serve time in prison because they did some thing against the law. So they are sent to prison as a punishment for the acts. Its just like god sending you to hell for a sin...\n\nThere is a good side in everyone of us... it's only that someone people refuse to show it while some dare to spread their good-willing.\n\nThere is a high chance they will learn from their mistakes and once they come out they'll be good people.
564104
this is a good point you are making. the law and the courts are to soft.the victim never comes first. l think life should mean life. and they should serve all there sentance none of this being let out earley. there is plenty of room to make more jails and there is also plenty of people looking for a job.