The risen in prison population in many countries is a significant issues that start from many key factors and have a profound impact on society. There are a several reasons leading to the increasing number of individuals in prison.
Firstly, the global wars of drug is a main cause of increasing that number of prisoners. Tough drug law have effected a lot in drug-related user, which lead to a significant increase of non-violent drug offenders being send to prison, contributing significantly to overcrowed prison. Secondly, is about socioeconomic factors, including poverty, lack of education and social inequality, this play a critical role in pushing individual to crime behaviour. Those from disadvantage backgrounds are more likely to motivate in criminal activities, which is a serious impact to the higher rates of incarceration.
The trend of risen in prison population has a wide range effect to society. Obliviously, the financial burden to maintaining a huge amount of prisoners is a enormous issues for the government. The cost associate facilities can divert funds from other service, such as education, healthcare, or social programs, impacting strongly to government and society well-being. Secondly, huge amount of increasing number of individuals in prison may lead to more crime rates, as overcrowed it will be hard to provide rehabilitation program to all crime. As a effect, this cycle will happen for a long time, which influence both side, recidivism rates and incarceration.
In conclusion, there are some effect lead to prison population such as, the global of drug and socioeconomic. In my viewpoint, societies can aim to increasing the qualities of rehabilitation, which help both side, save their money, and lower recidivism rates in communty.