State funded prisons cost a lot to upkeep.
Dear future president, I just wanted to tell you about criminal justice and how we can help it a bit more by having some sort of programs ...
Our U.S. Drug Policy
There are human rights everyone is born with, yet many people live their lives without them because of the color of their skin. Everyone deserves t...
Gang Violence
No race should be superior to another, therefore the system needs to change.
Transgender Rights, Drugs, & Racial Profiling. Education is the one thing that can unite us all.
Minimum sentence requirements and the masses
Banning guns goes against the Second Amendment. The Constitution was formed for the purpose of protecting and freeing the American people. If we ta...
Marijuana should be legalized and the money should go for rehab costs.
Some drugs can't help ease patients' pain and symptoms. Marijuana can be the solution to that problem.
Drug Abuse in the U.S
This is a letter addressing sexual assault, what the American Criminal Justice System does about the misconducts, and the way that it affects peopl...
We need more laws to ensure guns don't end up in the wrong hands.
The Law system oppresses blacks and people of color. Police shoot first and ask questions latter and this needs to stop because innocent lives are ...
Many things about our criminal justice system are driving me crazy!!! From unequal sentencing to a poor rehabilitation programs, not to mention lim...
Many people walk the streets that we do, including juveniles. When Kids want to commit adult crimes they should be tried and sentenced as adults. J...
The lack of the death penalty and increasing crime rate are issues that need attention. Crime rates in the last ten years have decreased, but not ...
Drug Advertisements need to change
my letter is about why prescription drug abuse should be controlled more.
We thought racial discrimination was over after the Civil Rights Act in 1965. Today America still stands racially divided. Racism has spread so has...
Donald Trump has expressed his opinion many times regarding capital punishment, and here's my response...
Never let drugs and alcohol abuse control you and don't let it change who you are.
Institutional Racism in the U.S.
Men should have more respect for women and should raise their sons to have respect too.
Nine thousand nine hundred and sixty seven lives were taken away during alcohol related accidents. Out of those nine thousand nine hundred and sixt...
Criminal justice issues in the U.S. Police are killing innocent people, it makes a lot of Black/Hispanic die in this country.
Legalizing marijuana will do far more than allow recreational drug use… it could saves lives, or at least make the short remainder of them signific...
Concerned by recent cases in which police officers accused of violent crimes are acquitted in court, Jackie Payne wants the next president to addre...
Understanding an issue facing millions of Americans
This letter is about how African Americans and other races, other than white people, are being treated unfairly because of there skin color.
Surprise! Crime rates have gone down!
It's time to legalize marijuana.
The government and laws must ease up and step up to treat those with addiction instead of carelessly dismissing them to prisons.
Abortion is an issue that has been overlooked in the United States because it is a crime that has been allowed for too long. It is immoral because ...
Why the war on drugs Is such a huge fail and how to fix it
Crime rates in America are way too high. Something needs to be done–its not going be easy though.
On how lead became America's "criminal element," and the need for a nationwide effort to reclaim our environment and citizens from the influence of...
To replace incarceration as a punitive measure for drug offenses with rehabilitation will reduce the holistic harm of the drug policy.
This is about how guns are sold illegally and how guns should be sold and police should crack down on illegal gun dealers
Legalizing all drugs and supporting addicts will cut out illegal drug trade across America.
Death penalty is inhumane.
Beginning to understand how the War on Drugs is affecting everyday lives of those around us, is step one
The law states that we’re all supposed to be treated equally, but we minorities beg to differ.
Criminal Injustice
This letter explains the flaws in our criminal justice system and how they can be the start of more racism and a divided country
The idea of marijuana being legal brings up many red flags but few people consider what it can really help with. Many people believe that marijuana...
Learn from me, a 15 year old African American female, from Philly, what issues need to change in my environment, in effort towards a better America.
Dear Next President: How much money is the United States spending on incarceration? How could the money be spent? This infographic should give you ...
The Honorable Upcoming President Dear Mr. / Mrs. I am a resident of Miami, FL and I am writing to you in regards to a problem in my community whic...
The rising reports of police brutality towards minorities (especially African-Americans) has reached critical condition. I speak on the matter of d...
Prisons in the United States are cruel and undemocratic. They take people's votes, right to government assistance, ability to land a job, and explo...
Animal cruelty is wrong, and should have a more serious punishment for those who abuse animals.
The presidential debates seem to be focused around the many problems American citizens have been facing during this nightmare of a year, but althou...
The drug policy and drug war are overly strict and do not solve any of America's drug problems.
In means of elaborating on one change I would like to see within America, I would like to talk about how the next president can finish decriminaliz...
What Are We Coming To?
The war on drugs - A failure still funded.
There are many critical errors in today's Criminal justice system that must be answered, we need reform in our policies from drugs, police procedur...
Venezuela is in a catastrophe right now with the highest inflation rates, excessively limited goods, and high crime rates. By using our media outle...
Every day, more young adults try prescription pain killers for the first time. The future this could lead to is tragic, but the way our country han...
Dear Mr/Mrs. president,
Let's put racial profiling to rest for good.
The justice system has jailed many criminals since the first opening case, but is our own people in the court house being biased towards the minori...
Do you want to continued to be judged or treated unfairly because of your race?
Many people are doing drugs or having problems with drugs. I'm asking if we can make a difference about drug abuse and drug addiction.
Drugs and Alcohol should be regulated better than it is now
African Americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated population and are incarcerated at nearly six times the rat...
The next president of the United States needs to address our nation's flawed mental health system to help the mentally disabled get back on their f...
The government is holding people in jail who should have been released years ago. One nonviolent offence should not put you away for life
There should be no curfews in all cities in the United States
I'm writing about how drugs can affect the U.S in a bad way
My letter to the next President.
A short video regarding the epidemic that has come across America. Prescription drugs are taking over the U.S and there needs to be something done ...
Drug use in Sports.
Our justice system punishes the victims, the innocent, and the nonviolent offenders instead of the dangerous criminals it should be focused on. It'...
Drug use is bad in general regardless of age.
Marijuana legalization throughout the whole U.S.
We are overcrowding prisons and it very bad for the prisoners and society.
Medical marijuana, is it really as bad as it is deemed to be?
The court room is a very intense place with different systems and procedures to help it run functionally. With the increasing rate of incarceration...
The American justice system should be restructured to prioritize crimes in order of seriousness, and have pre-determined jail times for each crime.
People from ages 12 to 20 should not be criminalized for use of drugs
Athletes abuse the laws against performance enhancing drugs and illegal drugs, and who blames them, they get away with it.
There are too many injustices in the criminal justice system for American citizens to truly be safe.
Is the rapid growth over imprisonment something we should be worried about, and are they preparing those within the system for reinsertion into soc...
Dear Future President,
Black lives matter
People’s houses are getting robbed everyday, but the police are not taking enough action. They just file a report and that’s it, in my opinion they...
Currently only 6% of studies on marijuana is to analyze its medicinal properties, but these studies show some of the miracle effects this one drug...
10/31/16 Dear Next President, Have you ever...
The death penalty is unfair, unconstitutional, and ineffective. This needs to change.
This letter details the problems with criminal justice system of America and other problems that follow because of it.
I have written this to discuss the issue of sexual assault, and the aid and justice (or lack thereof) that is given to the victims.
Letter to the president based upon police brutality.
With our judicial system being primarily white individuals, their biases tend to shift to one side because they don’t have that other perspective o...
Dear Future President, Illegal immigration has been way out of hand and is causing America to be overflowing with drugs, filled with sexual hara...
The Federal Government spends more than $15,000,000,000,000 a year on our War on Drugs, and state and local governments spend an estimated $25,000,...
I'm talking about how the death penalty should be revised.
Discussing the views of Anti-Gun Control supporters