Robert Mugabe & Zimbabwe

It is evidently clear that Robert Mugabe is the worst dictator in the world. Many of the other dictators have done horrible things to become one of the worst, but Robert Mugabe is the worst. He has been in power since 1980 and has done absolutly nothing to help out his country, Zimbabwe. Many of the women in zimbabwe have suffered horrible pain including being capture, tortured, and some even raped. Betty Makoni, a zimbabwean activist says she knows of about 700 women who have been sexually assulted. That isnt just one of the many problems in the country, inflation is another big problem. Inflation hit 1,792.9% in February and is expected to reach 3,700% by year’s end. Also unemployment is another big problem reaching 80% of the population. The biggest problem would have to be aids. It is said that it has the worlds worst epidemic of AIDS reaching 16% of the population. Even though all these problems occur, there is an opposition group, the MDC – movement for democratic change. Robert Mugabe is getting worse and worse, even to the point where he encouraged mobs to invade farms owned by the remaining white residents. Also Mugabe’s greatest trick was to make sure that people would fear him more then they hate him and hate themselves most of all. It is clear that Robert Mugabe needs to be stopped.

Why We Must Fix Our Prison System

The neighborhoods of America have become more dangerous. We are wasting alot of money and millions of people are dying. There's one and only one solution to this problem : We need to fix the system. We need to figure out who goes to prison and for how long. In 1984, Japan had a population half the size of ours and was putting over 40,000 people in jail compared to 580,000 in the United States. As shocking as that was, the difference between both countries now is even more disturbing. Since then, Japan's prison population has come close to around 70,000, while ours has quadrupled to around 2 million.
The United States has the world's highest rate of putting people in jail. With 5% of the world's population, our country now houses nearly 25% of the world's reported prisoners. We currently incarcerate 756 inmates per 100,000 residents, a rate nearly five times the average worldwide. In addition, over than 5 million people who recently left jail remain under "correctional supervision," which includes parole, probation, and other community sanctions. In saying that, about one in every 31 adults in the United States is in prison, in jail, or on supervised release. This all comes at a very high price to taxpayers: Local, state, and federal spending on corrections adds up to about around over $60 billion. Over the last 20 years, we have been putting more and more people for nonviolent crimes and for acts that are driven by mental illness or drug dependence in jail.
The U.S. Department of Justice estimates that more than 350,000 of those locked up suffer from mental illness, and the percentage in juvenile custody is even higher. Our jails are also heavily populated by the "criminally ill," including inmates who suffer from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Also those imprisoned for drug offenses rose from 10% of the inmate population to approximately 33% between 1984 and 2002. In short, The jail system in America is becoming a problem and we need to reduce the level of crimes in America.