The fact that Americans are currently paying more to incarcerate delinquent individuals than we are to educate our youth is morally wrong. This unjust form of federal spending should be reevaluated and changed immediately. This is only a mere fraction of what we are spending to restrain a prisoner today in the United States. Rather than have the taxpayers pay a ridiculous amount of money to house and feed criminals, the U.S. should look at isolated examples, such as the prison systems in England and California, for a subsequent alternative. After all, we should focus more on educating the future generations rather than incarcerating the present-day criminals with such lavish amenities.
Some prisons are actually better equipped and more modernized than our local schools.
It is very well known that there is an overcrowding problem in the prisons today. This problem does need to be fixed, but not by spending millions of dollars on fancy futuristic prisons. If we compress the current prisons and make life for prisoners more uncomfortable, then we can use all the money saved to use towards education. This would take away from the quality of life for prisoners but also add to the quality of life to our children. This might actually prevent the high crime rates in America.