Hello everyone, I am here to speak to you today about the “Two Hundred Years of the Penitentiary” project to increase public involvement in the discussion of correctional issues. More importantly, why we as citizens should be concerned about prison and jail overcrowding and the best approaches for remedying the crowding problem. One of America’s biggest problems today is the overcrowding of our prisons. This is a problem we all should be concerned about. …showed first 75 words of 1268 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1268 total…time to hear my thoughts on this growing epidemic in our society today. WORKS CITED Bureau of Justice Statistics Prison Statistics. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/prisons.htm (October 6, 2000) Woodruff, Bob. “The Prison Boom: Number of Prisoners Has Doubled in Past 12 Years.” http://abcnews.go.com/onair/WorldNewsTonight/wnt990315_woodruff_story.html (October 6, 2000) Carlson, Norman A., Hess, Karen M., Orthmann, Christine M. H. Corrections in the 21st Century: A Practical Approach. Belmont, California: Wadsworth, 1999