population lower. However, many released prisoners just commit another crime and are returned to jail. In 1992, one in three state prison admissions was a probation or parole violator.(Byrne 50) Also, a special report from the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics stated: State courts in 32 counties across 17 States sentenced 79,000 felons to probation in 1986. Within 3 years of sentencing, while still on probation, 43% of these felons were rearrested for a felony. Half of the arrests were for a violent crime (murder, rape, robbery, or aggravated assault) or a drug offense (drug trafficking or drug possession).This proves that the current system puts dangerous criminals back on the streets without being rehabilitated and that imprisonment is not a successful deterrent. The three times your out strategy attempts to solve this problem. Although it is a step in the right direction, criminals should not be allowed to break the law three times before they are punished. It would be a much greater deterrent if they were not offered parole at all.Prisoners should not be given a parole opportunity. Criminals should know that if they are convicted of a crime they will not be able to get out early. This creates a heavier deterrence for people who are considering criminal acts. It would also assure that dangerous criminals are kept behind bars longer and therefore given a better chance at rehabilitation. Some could say that having no parole would cause prison population to increase even more, but not if only violent offenders were imprisoned. Violent offenders are the prisoners convicted of crimes in which a victim was emotionally or physically harmed, for example; murder, rape, or child abuse. They are dangerous and need to be incarcerated. Non-violent offenders are the criminals convicted of crimes such as embezzlement, drug possession, or petty theft. These non-violent criminals should be put into work programs. There is plenty of work to d...
