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The American prison system is the largest in the world. Too many people are thrown in prison and forgotten about. Ninety-four percent of prisoners are male and almost 50 percent are African American. These people are considered just statistics. It costs about $ 20,000 a year to house an inmate. They should not be in there that long or they should have to pay for their own housing. I guess that could be one of the consequences of committing a crime. Inmates have no rights when it comes to things being done on the outside. When in prison you are not considered a person anymore, you are nothing but a number. Once you are a felon, you are marked for life. When released from prison you are considered a convict and convicts can’t find a place to live, work or anything they would want to do to try and return to society as a normal person. Eve