Overcrowding in US Jails, Prisons

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This essay offers an argument that it is a moral and ethical outrage that overcrowding in the nation's jails and prisons has been ongoing for decades. The writer feels that the trend toward mass incarceration has been shown conclusive to be useless as a deterrent to crime. Sources cited emphasize the negative effects of overcrowding on prisoner health. Three pages in length, five sources are cited.