Part 1
Outline and develop a policy regarding the three strikes laws in the State of California.
Part 2
The three strikes laws are now causing a problem for the correctional institutions in the United States. Now, there is an older inmate population because of the aging of the population.
- Locate and analyze the current problems pertaining to the three strikes laws and incarceration.
- Develop a policy change to address prisoners who have been sentenced under these three strike laws and have reached the age of 60.
- In your policy, address the following:
- 1. Describe your proposed policy in detail, and provide the specific language you would propose to be part of any statute or regulation that results from your proposed policy.
- 2. What information could you provide to the community and the state legislature to implement such a policy change?
- 3. What would be the advantages of this policy? Explain and provide support for your arguments.
- 4. What would be the disadvantages? Explain and provide support for your arguments.
- 5. What effect would your corrections policy have on the state budget and state taxes? Explain.
- 6. How have you ensured that your second policy effectively utilized