Why Our Prisons are Breeding Grounds and Inmates at Risk
I realize that it has been quite some time since I have updated this blog. My life has taken a wild turn that at some point I intend on writing about but until then I wanted to do something different so that maybe I can help address and let others understand while we go through this “global pandemic” of COVID-19 why there has been so much talk about prisons and inmates. While I cannot say what each Governor of each state has stated about the prisons in their area or what they are doing about the vast inmate population, I can state with almost certainty that every Governor has been posed with the question about how they intend to address this issue. I can also say that the Department of Justice has addressed the issue at the federal level. The Bureau of Prisons state that they have 119 prisons in their system. This does not count their residential re-entry homes, also known as half-way houses, which currently appears to be 22. To add to this you have to remember all o...