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MA: Packed Prisons. The how and why of overcrowding.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Packed Prisons The how and why of overcrowding By CARA BAYLES Phillip is a gentleman. He folds up his limbs with poise and wears wool pants with an impeccable crease. He's prone to diatribes against misogyny. He's a "voracious reader," and has a sixth sense for "figuring people out." He has a gentle, not entirely trusting way of regarding a person. He can talk a mile, but also listens; not simply to your words, but the words between them. He radiates a wavelength that's easy to tune into. He's 47 years old, and he's spent 21 of those years in prison. *** The US prison population grew eight-fold since 1970; more than 2.3 million people are incarcerated nationally. The rising numbers aren't proportional to population growth; the Pew Institute recently reported that for the first time in history, more than one in every 100 Americans is incarcerated...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 07, 2008 (boomark / email).