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Statistics have shown that more and more money is being spent yearly on our jail system because of aging inmates. This is mainly caused by mandatory minimum sentence and long sentences being handed out. On the other hand you have protestors claiming that our justice system is failing is failing in the United States. That it is based on old model assumptions and theories from the “ rehabilitation “ school of incarceration. They say that because of early release and reduced sentences, many prisoners get the chance to strike again. My opinion is that the ideas behind the criminal justice system in our country are overall pretty good, is just the manner in which they are being applied that seems to be the problem. I think we are definitely spending to much money on aging prisoners that are sixty-five and seventy years old and pose no threat to society.