You probably already know the jaw-dropping stats about American prisons: that the U.S. has the highest incarceration rate in the world. That we're home to 5 percent of the world's population, but 25 percent of its prisoners. That more than one in every 10 American men has a felony conviction. That more than 60 percent of people released from prison are back again within three years.Read full article >>
Wonkblog: How “prisons Without Bars” Could Cut The Cost Of Prison And Keep People From Coming Back
Christopher Ingraham, Washington Post: Business
Thu, 03/19/2015 - 11:46am
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When these resources go away, it is life and death. It pushes families past the brink,” one advocate said of the cuts.
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