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Cause Of Mass Incarceration

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With the topic that I have chosen to do my paper it somewhat difficult getting information on the different causes of mass incarceration and thus reentry, and also to find ways to prevent this from happening over and over again. It seems as if today’s society would like to just see individuals that mess up and commit a crime, but rather lock them away instead of just finding ways to help rehabilitate them. Yes, it is very important to hold every person accountable for their actions and stupid “mistakes” that they make. However, at times trying to control or prevent mass incarceration and mass reentry may be something that is very difficult saying that it start decades ago and was something very popular to the people. The people wanted harsher

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