1 of Every 75 U.S. Men in Prison
By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Thu May 27, 2004 at 04:37:23 PM EST
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Posted on Thu May 27, 2004 at 04:37:23 PM EST
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A new report by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics finds that 1 of every 75 men in the U.S. are in prison or jail.
The cause: Mandatory minimums, three-strikes, truth in sentencing laws. The effect:
The prison system just grows like a weed in the yard," said Vincent Schiraldi, executive director of the Justice Policy Institute, which pushes for a more lenient system. Without reforms, he said, prison populations will continue to grow "almost as if they are on autopilot, regardless of their high costs and disappointing crime-control impact."
America. Prison nation.
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