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20 sentences in negative on crimes or prisons or prisoners

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having prisoners serve long sentences can overcrowd prisons. It’s also extremely costly to tax payers. In a 2016 report released by the New York University School of Law, for instance, it was estimated that the US could save $200 bn (£147 bn) over 10 years if 40% of the country’s inmate population was reduced.having prisoners serve long sentences can overcrowd prisons. It’s also extremely costly to tax payers. In a 2016 report released by the New York University School of Law, for instance, it was estimated that the US could save $200 bn (£147 bn) over 10 years if 40% of the country’s inmate population was reduced.Research shows that long prison sentences don’t really work on several fronts. In addition to being somewhat arbitrary (why 13,275 years?), there’s not a lot of evidence to suggest that the threat of prison time actually deters ex-prisoners from committing crimes. Criminals seem to value the future less than non criminals, one study found, meaning that long sentences can seem “arbitrary”, and only work to deter up to a point. Education played a role too, with lesser educated criminals seemingly less put off by a harsher sentence.

Studies also show that reoffending remains high. A 2009 study found that in the US, after three years in prison, 67% of the prisoners were rearrested for a new offence, 46.9% were reconvicted for a new crime, and 25.4% were resentenced to prison. In the UK, almost 70% are reconvicted within a year of release.  

One reason is because many criminals think they won’t get caught… even after they’ve been caught once, experts say. The threat of a long prison sentence does not therefore deter them from a criminal lifestyle.

Findings compiled by the Justice Policy Institute in 2011 found that sentencing times for the same crime wildly vary across the globe. For example, in 2006, being convicted of robbery landed suspects in jail for an average of 16 months in Finland, but 72 months in Australia. Assault? Fifteen months in England and Wales, 60 months in the US.