A record 7 million people – or one in every 32 American adults were behind bars, on probation on parole 2005.
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This is NOT a question, by the way.\n\nAND the police are not the ones who put people in jail it is the judges.  Judges are the only ones who decide if someone goes to jail.  The police have absolutely NOTHING to do with deciding if someone goes to jail.  They enforce laws that have been put in place by a democratically elected government.  Police arrest people and  bring people who have violated these laws before a judge.  You run your country, when you get involved in changing laws that you think are not just.  People are free to choose whether or not to break laws that are in place. \n \nThe problem is that if the statistics showed that the incarceration rates were going down, you would be complaining that police weren't doing their job (even though once again police are involved in sentencing).  We can't win.\n\nActually, come to think about it...Judges are elected in the US aren't they? (here in Canada they are appointed based on qualifications not popularity)\nJudges will continue to put people in jail because that is the will of the people.
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According to the US Department of Labor:\n\nMedian annual earnings of probation officers and correctional treatment specialists in May 2004 were $39,600. The middle 50 percent earned between $31,500 and $52,100. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $26,310, and the highest 10 percent earned more than $66,660. In May 2004, median annual earnings for probation officers and correctional treatment specialists employed in State government were $39,810; those employed in local government earned $40,560. Higher wages tend to be found in urban areas.
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Its actually 7 years.
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Most states have a department of corrections website.
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They have been for some time, they are more swiftly dissapearing with laws like the patroit act, warrantless searchess and wire tapps, gun control has disarmed the people, so ther eis little threat of a revolt. America has more people in prison per capita then any other country in the world! The number is increasing daily! The ultra conservative fbi estimated that as many as 15% ( see fbi national crime report for 2005) are wrongfully convicted! Thats over 900,000!
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Currently they pay $25,000 per year of incarceration up to $500,000, but legislation has been introduced to increase the amounts.
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well at least about 10 million.
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I think it depends on the person really. Some learn from their mistakes and the mistakes of others and can be released and will never commit a serious crime again. Others, however, wont and always will. I heard a story about a president or leader or dictator or something high in south america that had a prison built for 15000 prisoners. When it was done, he moved in the 15,00 prisoners, left them in there for 2 days as if everything was normal, then on the third day, he burnt the prison down with the prisoners still inside. His reason for doing so was to send a message to anyone else that was thinking of commiting a crime in the future.
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Two out of five ain't bad, I guess.\n\nProbation is part of a sentence, so it starts when you are sentenced.  When it ends, is largely up to you.  Some folks seem to want to drag it on forever.
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moving violations stay on record for 7 years .
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Some of the things that our Justice System does never ceases to amaze me.  I have sat through many court hearings and it always surprises me that many violent offenders would get probation and the non violent or victimless crimes had the book thrown at them.  The whole system needs to be looked at and have some real changes made to it.  We have too many repeat offenders on the streets and not nearly enough people who have committed a violent crime behind bars protecting society.  Our government's war on drugs may have something to do with prosecuter's and judge's thinking when it come to those kind of crimes, because statisticly it will look like we are really cracking down on the problem, when in fact we really are getting no place with it.  Fact is drug users will probably find it easier to score while in prison than on the streets.  Nobody wants a prison or jail in their neighborhood,yet with our growing population we need more of them to fit our needs.  There will always be a portion of the population that is not going to play by the rules and be in trouble.  Those that we need to change is the Prrosecuting Attorney who makes all the deals and the Judge's that accept them.  These people are elected officials and if they do not act as we need we can vote them out.  You will find that one individual has a lot more clout in local county political races and can do a lot more by constantly working on the local level.  You can take a whole state by taking it one county at a time.  You will be surprised by how many people one voice can affect, you started by asking the question now take it a step further.
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Most cops, jailers, and probation officers around here are required to have at least a four year degree these days.
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Lifetime imprisonment and hard labour.
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state corrections facility.
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10 years term of jail.
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Well, parole is FELONY, and probation is misdemeanor.
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At least 2500 American lives, apparently.