In the country, Florida has largest incarceration rates as compared to other states. Even the incarceration rates are quite above the national average. Because of the fast and larger growth rate of the person sent to prison, it will have an economic and social effect on the nation. It has been shown that Florida has the largest percentage of incarcerated citizens. As said by the BJS (Bureau of Justice Statistics) report on the correctional population in the United States, 2014. In the report, the rate of Florida’s incarceration of about 9600 people per 100,000 citizens is larger than the state average of 890. It is noted that this rate is nearly double the comparable incarceration rate of 492 prisons per 100,000 citizens of the nation in 2005.
Due to the highest rate of incarceration in Florida, this will induce an incredible economic and social costs to the nation. It does not only induces a tremendous cost but also have a negative impact on communities, individuals, and families. The chance of family and children living in poverty increases because after incarcerated of the worker of the household reduces the family income. Incarceration has also greatly impact on the successful education of the children.
Due to the criminal record of the parents, their children will mostly expel or suspended from the school. Incarceration people face serious problems in hunting adequate and stable employment. People who have been Incarceration and convicted have low potential to earn money in an effective or decent way to fulfill the need of their families and children.
The incarceration has a tremendous strain on the budget of the state.
The rate of Florida’s incarceration is determined by the number of criminals sent to prison and how long they will remain in prison. Florida can reduce the social and economic costs to the nation and its families by limiting the share of inmates sent to prison and also by cutting the time span of the offenders in prison.
It has been seen that Florida has a larger amount of populations of drug-addicted and mentally ill inmates in its prison. As the needs and problems of these ill inmate grown and even exceed the nonmentality inmates so it exposes the state to greater costs for example in Broward Country, Florida, it cost $130 a day for mental illness inmates larger than a cost $80 a day to house regular prisoners. The state would reduce the cost of incarceration by limiting the many drug addict and mentally ill inmates respectively.
