4)What impact have mandatory minimum sentences and" truth in sentencing"laws had on the justice system? a Prison overcrowding has been exacerbated b The prison population is also aging C. The effect of these new sentencing laws aimed at ensuring that more of those who are arrested are sent to prison, receive longer sentences, and serve greater portions of those sentences - have significant short-and long term cost implications4) What impact have mandatory minimum sentences and "truth in sentencing" laws had on the justice system? a. Prison overcrowding has been exacerbated. b. The prison population is also aging. c. The effect of these new sentencing laws -- aimed at ensuring that more of those who are arrested are sent to prison, receive longer sentences, and serve greater portions of those sentences -- have significant short- and long￾term cost implications