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Apr. 4, 2009
New Hope for Reform
Someone has finally decided to take time out to stop and think before barreling ahead with our current, failed approaches to criminal justice issues.
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By Laurie L. Levenson It's about time. The worst-kept secret of the criminal justice system is that it is failing. The United States has by far the world's highest incarceration rate. With 5 percent of the population, we now house 25 percent of all of the world's prisoners. More than 2.38 million Americans are now in prison, and another 5 million remain on probation or parole. Spending for prisons has eclipsed spending for higher educ...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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