Staff shortages and other chronic problems have resulted in prisons that are unsafe to live and work in for prisoners and correctional officers alike.
Violent crime rates have risen in many parts of the country recently, leaving more people worried about their safety. But if people prison systems do nothing to address the issues that led people to incarceration, they are often unprepared to be successful upon release. This is unacceptable.
While there’s plenty of data and research that can help policymakers answer these questions, to fully understand what’s happening, leaders at all levels of government should visit a prison or jail in their region and meet and talk to the people who work and live there. They will meet many people that do not need to be there. Yes, there are some dangerous people behind bars, but there are many others who no longer need to be incarcerated, either because they have been rehabilitated, were sentenced too harshly initially or because they’ve grown old or sick..
Policymakers who take the time to visit prisons and talk to people on the ground will see that the system is being stretched dangerously thin. A nationwide shortage of correctional officers is making prisons less safe and putting officers and prisoners at risk. Staff shortages can also lead to more lethal and sexual violence in prisons, as the U.S. Justice Department uncovered most recently in Mississippi. Many of these problems are the result of years of unchecked neglect and a lack of transparency.
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