Hello! My name is Leonard E. Love and thank you for visiting this educational blog site. I would like to present you with some startling facts about the United States correctional system.
Did you know:
1. That there are close to 2.3 million (1 out of 152 adults) in state and federal prisons, county jails, and detention centers throughout the United States?1
2. That 1 out of every 6 prisoners suffers from some sort of mental illness, or substance abuse problem?2
3.That over 48,000 of the incarcerated are youth?3
4. That over 70 million people in the United States have a criminal record? That’s 20% of the total U.S population.4
5. The United States has just 5% of the world’s population, but makes up an unbelievable 25% of the world’s prison population?5
6. That nearly 1 out of 4 prisoners in the world are locked up in America?5
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This site presents factual, un-cut, and raw, enriching information in the form of blogs. They cover the quality of inmate life, the truth about incarceration, and a wide variety of other topics and subjects. Many of the blogs are the actual personal life experiences, and thoughts from Leonard E. Love’s 35+ years’ experience of street life, crime, and incarceration in the federal prison system. Remarkably, you will find excerpts from a phenomenal prison mentoring program, Men 101 Mentoring, created and taught by Love for over 20 years. The mentorship centers around fostering coping skills and successful reentry into society.
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Dedicated to the educational, social, and spiritual edification of incarcerated individuals and their families, our mission is:
1. To awaken society to the truths and realities regarding criminal justice in the United States
2. To educate society and the youth about crime, addiction, abuse, self-discipline, and consequences of breaking the law.
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To create and be the premier 501(c)(3) non-profit organization of choice for reintegration, primarily through a platform that joins local communities, businesses, and organizations that provide rehabilitated ex-convicts assistance with employment, learning a trade, housing, and transportation.
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In-text Citations:
(1) AMA.2019. Jail statistics. Just how many. American Jail Association.
Retrieved from http://www.americanjail.org/jail-statics
(2) Justice W. Judge.2003.III-Equipped: Us prisons and offenders with mental illness. Human rights watch. Retrieved from https://www.hrw.org/news/2003/10/22/united-states-mentally-ill-mistreated-prison
(3) Sawyer, W.2019. Youth Confinement: The whole Pie. Prison policy initiative. Retrieved from https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/youth2019.html
(4) Cuomo, A 2017. How many U.S adults have a criminal record? Depends on how you define it. In eds. Clark, D Politifact. Retrieved from https://www.politifact.com/new-York/statements/2017aug/18/Andrew-Cuomo/yes-one-three-us-adults-haveacriminalrecord/
(5) Collier, L. 2014. Incarceration Nation
Retrieved from https://www.apa.org/monitor/2014/10/incarceration
