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Crime in America <Tab/>The article "A Stigma that Never Fades" is about the criminal justice system in America. It discusses life before and after prison and what the prisoners have to deal with. It discusses the issues of jobs, drugs and early release. Prisons are letting men go because they don't know what else to do. On top of other problems they are also suffering cutbacks, at least in California. …

…is working. These solutions sound costly but in reality they will spend less than the current system. If those two thirds of released felons did not return the prison would be saving massive amounts of money. Our prisons would not be overcrowded and new ones would not have to be built. Although this system could not be acted upon right now it could be in the future. I therefore think that these solutions could work.