It’s important to give some background and statistics into the ins and outs of the prison system. The reason some people want to push for a rehabilitation system is because of how expensive it is to incarcerate a person. “The average cost in the U.S of incarceration for federal inmates in 2015 was $31,977.65 a year” (Student 2017, pg.1). What is annoying about this large money amount is that the American citizens are the ones who pay for it. The system needs a way for the prison system to be more effective and less expensive. Below are some charts of different statistical data and demographics within the prison system.
