Cja/395 Leadership And Correctional Reform Paper

Leadership and Correctional Reforms Name Institutional affiliation Leadership and Correctional Reforms Many prison philosophy and laws have been designed to make the American correctional system more humane. However, the U.S. still leads other countries in the number of people incarcerated in its prisons. Although the U.S has only 5 of the worlds population, American prisons hold about a quarter of the worlds prison population. The bulk of the inmates are convicted for drug possession and trafficking. Imprisonment is not only costly to the tax payer bust also has negative impact on the cohesion of the American society. Beside better policies, the country needs intelligent, competent and inspiring prison leadership to achieve sustainable correctional reforms. At federal level, the leader must have the capacity accept that the institution is lacking, and to picture a better correctional institution that serves the correction needs of the inmates. President Obama is remembered for introducing the reform to reduce the number of inmates in the United States prisons. In his speech on prison system, the president acknowledged that the American Criminal Justice System was not as smart as it was supposed to be. The president also acknowledged the racial gap in the constitution of the