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Essay / The Survival Game: The Solution to Overcrowded Prisons
With the constant flow of convicts pouring into prisons, the prison system has become inundated with more inmates than the government can accommodate. According to Michael McLaughlin, since 2004, federal prisons have incarcerated more than thirty-nine percent more convicts than the buildings are designed to accommodate, and this percentage continues to grow year after year, and in 2012, the Most systems hosted an astonishing average of around forty-one. percentage of prisoners exceeding the premeditated limit. This crisis poses an enormous risk to the guards who work in prisons, to the inmates who are stored like sardine cans and to the wallets of taxpayers. I propose that the proper solution to overcrowded prisons is to pass a national bill to put on a show where violent, older prisoners fight to the death until one of them stands down standing, processes the corpses, sells the meat to African and Australian tribes for government profits. , and the unused meat will be fed to sharks and other wild scavengers. All prisoners who meet the criteria will be handcuffed, blindfolded and loaded onto a train or plane to the designated desert island to fight until the last man stands. To prevent them from escaping the island, each inmate will have to wear an ankle bracelet that has a tracker with the island's circumferences programmed into it and whether they should still try to escape or tamper with the bracelet , they will be blown up on the spot and given to scavengers. The fight will be broadcast on television and the web for the highest paying customers and the profits will be donated to the national debt. When a winner is announced, he will be sent back to prison and rewarded with a dinner of his choice and will be granted...... middle of paper ...... a life solution to solve the overcrowded prison system includes a sentence reduction in half if inmates successfully complete a year in one year, have good behavior, pass a monthly drug test, pass a GED, and allow new drug offenders to benefit from rehabilitation and probation options instead of prison. According to Knafo, the problem is that "54,200 federal prisoners are not U.S. citizens" and that the only way to solve the problem is for the government to release these convicts into the alien's home country and let them handle the issue. . “10 Ways to Reduce Prison Overcrowding and Save Taxpayers Millions.” The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, November 8, 2013. Web. December 3, 2013.McLaughlin, Michael. “Overcrowding in federal prisons harms inmates and guards: GAO report.” The Huffington Post." TheHuffingtonPost.com, September 14, 2012. Web. December 4. 2013.