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This 4 page paper discusses the problem of prison overcrowding, based on one article.
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prison population. This has led to overcrowding, even in the newest facilities. This paper summarizes an article about this issue. Discussion The article well consider is "The
Shawshank Succession" by Joseph Rosenbloom, which appeared in American Prospect in 2003. The title is obviously a play on the movie title "The Shawshank Redemption," which was set in
a prison. First, its interesting to note that most sources mention the fact that new, harsh sentencing measures are the primary source of prison overcrowding; the selected article examines
the issue in detail. It is perhaps overdue for the United States to take another look at the idea that we need to incarcerate people for 20, 30 or
40 years, or life, simply because they committed three crimes, no matter how minor. The article considers the situation in Maine, which built a new prison in the
town of Warren. The new facility replaced a "178-year-old, red-brick monolith that, as local lore has it, was a model for the grim prison of Stephen Kings Shawshank Redemption"
(Rosenbloom, 2003, p. 49). The building was the "oldest prison in the country and it was very expensive to run" according to state official (Rosenbloom, 2003, p. 49).
Building the new prison was supposed "expunge a stigma" from the state, and "Maine officials expected the savings in operating expenses to more than offset the new facilitys capital cost"
(Rosenbloom, 2003, p. 49). However, things didnt work out that way, because "Maines adult prison population, which had held steady and even dipped for three years in the mid-1990s, shot
up" (Rosenbloom, 2003, p. 49). By summer 2003, Warren was full and becoming overcrowded, even though it was "supposed to be good for 10 years" (Rosenbloom, 2003). The
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