The analysis of Drugs and Crime.

Introduction

The relationship between drugs and crime is amazing. More likely than not if a criminal act is committed drugs are in some way or another involved. Drug addicts, at some time in their lives, often find themselves incarcerated. Our prisons are overcrowded with inmates because of this major drug problem. As a result of this, many programs have been implemented by different governing agencies to try to reduce the number of these inmates who are in and out of prisons by imposing alternate programs some within the confines of the prison and some in separate locations. These programs attempt to change the attitudes and behavior of its participants, and by doing this they hope that in turn they will reduce the crimes committed by its participants. The focus of my research was whether or not prison based rehabilitation programs are successful in the attempt to lower recidivism rates among its participants.

Prison Industrial Complex #occupysanquentin

Tacoma prison

US incarceration timeline

Mini-Literature Review

Feucht, T. and Keyser, A. 1999. "Reducing drug use in prisons: Pennsylvania's Approach." National Institute of Justice Journal 241: 10-15.

This article is about drugs, crime, and prison. It was written to show the results and effects of a Drug Interdiction Program in the Pennsylvania State Prison system. The article shows that drug use in prison can be reduced through persistent measures. There was a call for action when it was realized that drugs and crime were linked.

The nation starting addressing the problem at the heart, in the prisons. Secretary Horn, of Pennsylvania, implemented a program that consisted of various types of drug tests and other preventative measures to fight against drugs in prisons. What followed was a barrage of k-9 searches, cell searches, phone tapings, urine tests, and hair tests. This continued for a few years while random drug tests were done on prisoners...