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Mother Jones July-August Issue on Mass Incarceration

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

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Mother Jones July/August Issue SLAMMED Inside America's broken?and broke?prison system Welcome to the Age of Incarceration Welcome to the Age of Incarceration We are locking up 1 in every 100 American adults?and going bankrupt in the process. By Jennifer Gonnerman California's convict crisis Worst of the Worst California's convict crisis By James Sterngold A guard's change of heart Taming of the Screws A guard's change of heart By Sasha Abramsky The booming immigrant detention industry Texas Hold 'Em The booming immigrant detention industry By Stephanie Mencimer Probation for Profit Probation for Profit In Georgia's outsourced justice system, a traffic ticket can land you deep in the hole. By Celia Perry Kids doing time for tantrums Hard Time Out Kids doing time for tantrums By David Goodman Prison problems? Not in Kansas anymore...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 15, 2008 (boomark / email).

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