For my first project, I want to explore what the future will hold in terms of mass incarceration. The US locks up more people than any other country and in the last 40 years, the number of inmates has increased over 500%. The US holds 25% of the world's total prison population. I want to explore what the world or at least what the United States will look like if these numbers continue to increase. Society will have to contribute more money, land, and resources to care for these inmates or consider higher death penalty rates. If society can not further dedicate space to prisoners, then it must consider house arrest, legalizing current illegal activities, or have no criminal justice system. Some of these ideas are taken to the extreme, but will need to be addressed for the future.
Sources:
https://newrepublic.com/article/134712/wounds-incarceration-never-heal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fYNusVNn7k
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