US Police Chiefs Call for Reducing Prison Population
Source: Agence France-Presse
US Police Chiefs Call for Reducing Prison Population
World | Agence France-Presse | Updated: October 22, 2015 10:10 IST
Washington: A group of 130 police chiefs, prosecutors and sheriffs from around the United States on Wednesday called for reforms that would to reduce the US prison population.
The top cops are adding their voice as a group to others -- including President Barack Obama -- who want to lower the incarceration rate, which is the highest among developed countries.
"We can say from experience that we can bring down both incarceration and crime together," said Chicago police department superintendent Garry McCarthy, speaking at the group's first meeting in Washington.
While the US population has increased by 30 per cent since 1980, the country's prison population jumped 800 percent during the same period, largely due to sentences that are disproportionately harsh compared to other countries.
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Downwinder
(12,869 posts)99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)and is supposed to stand for in the global community of nations.
This is an awesome development, and happy to see Obama is engaging in being
part of the solution.
Little Tich
(6,171 posts)And I'm not feeling sorry at all...
kelliekat44
(7,759 posts)Taitertots
(7,745 posts)Legalize drugs
Legalize prostitution
Decriminalize poverty/homelessness/mental illness
frizzled
(509 posts)They're all symptoms of an undeclared low-level civil war waged along ethnic lines in American cities which destroyed black communities and depopulated black males from city centers, particularly on the east coast.