Pros And Cons Of Prison Overcrowding

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Hello Klint, I agree with you that our prisons are overcrowded. The budget for housing prison inmates can be very expensive. It will cost the taxpayers $37 per inmate per day in the county and a private contractor the cost would be $53.92 per inmate. Some sentences that were given for drug crimes committed were too harsh and lengthy. President Obama exercised his constitutional authority to pardoned 1,324 inmates more that any other president who will free up some space in the prison system. This is an excellent research