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NM: Prison reform? It?ll take more than task-force report. By Tilda Sosaya

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

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Sunday, July 6, 2008 THE NEW MEXICAN MY VIEW: Prison reform? It?ll take more than task-force report By Tilda Sosaya The Governor?s Prison Reform Task Force is recommending changes to the New Mexico Department of Corrections, including a name change to include the word, ?rehabilitation.? Window dressing. When the governor first organized the task force, a national report had been widely disseminated throughout state governments. The Report, ?One in a Hundred: Behind Bars in America? was released in February by the Pew Center for the States. This report reveals the blatant overuse and dependence on incarceration to resolve societal ills. Think about it: For every 100 people in our nation, one is currently in a prison or jail. More alarming is the fact that one in every 33 adult citizens in the United States is under some form of criminal supervision ? if not behind bars, they are on probation or parole...continue to full post

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