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Aug 10, 2009
26:25
News & Politics
The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any industrialized nation. In the face of an unprecedented economic crisis, some states are ...
The United States has the highest incarceration rate of any industrialized nation. In the face of an unprecedented economic crisis, some states are beginning to consider reducing their prison populations. But other states are looking to do just the opposite in an effort to create jobs. Today,David Fathi Director of Human Rights Watch?s US Program, Glenn E. Martin, Vice President of Development and Public Affairs at the David Rothenberg Center for Public Policy, and Vikki Law, author of Resistance Behind Bars: The Struggles Of Incarcerated Women on the future of prison reform in the United States.
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