It’s a question I’m asked time and time again. I have many reasons. I’ve said before I think prisons in the United States are a human rights abuse. That statement could launch a thousand debates.
Ultimately, I come back to the stats. Mass incarceration is a man made problem. It is more about bad laws and bad policy than it was ever about crime.
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May 29, 2011 at 1:55 pm
Wayne Dickson
Seems to me this would be more effective if it included a line for overall population increase. That ratio is what’s really telling.