Write An Examination Interpreting How Present-Day Trends

Present-day Trends Affecting the Incarceration of PrisonersNameCourseTutor’s NameDatePresent-day Trends Affecting the Incarceration of PrisonersThe characteristics of present day incarceration of prisoners have been affected by several trends. The population in correctional facilities has expanded spectacularly because of many factors including tougher sentencing guidelines and war on crime. In addition, in the absence of state mental institutions, the prison system has to accommodate many mentally ill inmates. This paper will examine how present-day trends are affecting the incarceration of prisoners.Several factors contribute to a growing prison population. Offender recidivism is one of the most important contributors to growing prison population. The impact of offender recidivism is that a certain demographic group in the population is always in and out of prison. Available research evidence shows that about 70% of the 600,000 former inmates released from US prisons in 2002 came back into the prison system within three and a half years because of new offenses or violation of parole CITATION Vis04 \l 7177 (Visher, Vigne, & Travis, 2004). The risk of recidivism is elevated by social and economic factors such as unemployment and substance addiction. Other