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Over two million people are incarcerated in Americaâs prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975. Mandatory minimum sentencing, parole agencies intent on sending people back to prison, three-strike laws, for-profit prisons, and other changes in the legal system have contributed to this spectacular rise of the general prison population.
After overseeing the largest city jail system in the country, Michael Jacobson knows first-hand the inner workings of the corrections system. In Downsizing Prisons, he convincingly argues that mass incarceration will not, as many have claimed, reduce crime nor create more public safety. Simply put, throwing away the key is not the answer.
About: Argues that prison growth is not related to an increase in public safety and offers proposals for changing parole policy, reducing punitive sentences, and creating drug treatment programs in lieu of prison sentences for low-level drug offenders.
About: Over two million people are incarcerated in Americaâs prisons and jails, eight times as many since 1975.
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