overcrowding
type: Concept
narrower: prison overcrowding

corrections
type: Concept
narrower: prison overcrowding

history, development, and definitions
type: Concept
narrower: prison overcrowding

sentencing and incarceration
type: Concept
narrower: prison overcrowding

concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: prison overcrowding

crime and deviance
type: Concept
narrower: prison overcrowding

prison overcrowding
type: Concept
definition: Prison overcrowding is a problem that has long been recognized, but during the past 20 years the overcrowding problem has greatly increased because all states and the federal government have been inundated with growing numbers of offenders sentenced to long prison terms. Currently, prisons in 30 states and the federal government operate above their capacity, meaning that they have more inmates than the prison was designed to accommodate. [Source: Encyclopedia of Community Corrections; Prison Overcrowding]
broader: sentencing and incarceration
broader: overcrowding
broader: history, development, and definitions
broader: crime and deviance
broader: corrections