Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private incarceration company in the world, today convenes its annual shareholder meeting. Participants will pore over profit and revenue figures, but the real question is, should for-profit prisons exist at all?
Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 10.12.2011
Staying in school and receiving a quality education are the best deterrents to juvenile delinquency. Yet almost half of our states spend on average more than three times as much per prisoner as per public school pupil.
Newsweek | Pat WingertJune 28, 2010 | Posted 05.25.2011
Faced with a $19 billion budget deficit this spring, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced that he was taking a cleaver to state health and ...
Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 05.25.2011
By blocking any new revenue streams to fund higher education, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Senate Republican minority are not only taxing California's young people and their families, they are crippling the state's future.
Lecia Shorter | Posted 05.25.2011
The costs of citizen incarceration and prison spending have skyrocketed and recidivism remains high. At last, policymakers are questioning the wisdom of tough-on-crime campaign rhetoric.
David Shapiro | Posted 05.10.2012