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After examining the current crime and incarceration rate in the United States and the correctional population statistics for the student's state, is the United States able to solve its crime problem through incarceration? How has politics played into the correctional equation of overcrowding in correctional facilities?
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Source: Baffour, F. D., Francis, A. P., Chong, M. D., & Harris, N. (2023). Prison overcrowding and harsh conditions: Health and human rights concerns to persons in custody, staff, and the community. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 51(3), 375-400.
Scott, J., Gerson, P., & Wooten, C. (2023). Decarceration to detention: The political economy of mass-incarceration in Louisiana. Geoforum, 146, 103851.