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    AMERICAN PRISONS

    Life Behind
    Bars
    There are about 2.3 million people
    behind bars. The United States has
    more prisoners that any other country
    in the world. Prisons are meant to be
    built out of site and out of mind and
    as citizens we trust that they are ran
    humanely and would make society
    safer if they are locked up.
    Life Behind Bars
    continued
    Today, prisons and jails in America are in crisis.
    Incarcerated people are beaten, stabbed, raped,
    and killed in facilities run by corrupt officials who
    abuse their power with freedom.
    Alabama’s prisons are the most violent in the
    nation. Alabama routinely violates the
    constitutional rights of people in its prisons,
    where homicide and sexual abuse is common,
    knives and dangerous drugs are rampant, and
    incarcerated people are extorted, threatened,
    stabbed, raped, and even tied up for days
    without guards noticing.
    Federal prison sentences tend to be longer than state
    prison sentences. Many federal charges have mandatory
    minimum sentence lengths for convicted individuals
    which are sometimes, though not always, longer than
    state-mandated penalties for a similar type of crime.

    State prisons tend to have more violent offenders in


    their populations. Because the types of cases heard in
    federal court tend to be non-violent offenses like fraud
    and identity theft, the individuals serving time in federal
    prisons are more likely to be non-violent offenders
    (although federal prisons do contain kidnappers, sex
    traffickers, drug dealers and murderers). State prisons
    tend to house a higher percentage of violent vs. non
    violent criminals, as violent crimes are typically creatures
    of state law.

    Federal prisoners could be sent anywhere. Individuals


    sentenced to federal prison may be sent to any prison in
    the country, whereas individuals sentenced to state
    prison serve their sentences in the state where they are

    Federal vs. State Prisons convicted.

    Federal prisons are perceived as better run. The Federal


    Bureau of Prisons receive more funding and thus tend to
    have better food, facilities and education programs. State
    prison systems are reliant on state taxes for their budget
    and are often perceived as underfunded and poorly
    managed.
    Tax Payers Dollars
    Babies Behind Bars

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