The Problems With The Prison System
(Carmichael, Newsweek)
- There is a lack of inmates actually receiving rehabilitation
- Lots of prisoners who need help but limited resources, 51,000 inmates waiting in line for Rehabilitation in 2011
- Only half of prisons provide any sort of real drug treatment - not effective
- Conventional treatment studies results:
(Carmichael, Newsweek)
According to National Institute on Drug Abuse, 1/5 of inmates received treatment , The Journal of The American Medicine
As Angela Davis would argue, The government is not willing to invest because it is not about the “social wealth” of man but about what is easiest and what seems most profitable. Capitalism doesn’t allow for the allocation of resources