Incarceration

Changing Our Prison Systems Will Take a Little Bit of Intelligence

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics

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Michealene Cristini Risley

Think about it, for each person per year that we incarcerate, we are spending almost as much to house them as it would cost per person to pay off the national debt. Does this make sense?

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Young, Black and Locked Up

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

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Marian Wright Edelman

Our ranking as the world's number one jailer represents a monumental national failure. We need to refocus what we do with the children we detain.

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Congress Must Fix Racist Crack/Powder Disparity Laws

Anthony Papa | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics

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Anthony Papa

If you distribute just five grams of crack, it carries a minimum five-year federal prison sentence. If you distribute 500 grams of powder cocaine, it carries the same sentence.

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