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America Behind Bars: Why Attempts at Prison Reform Keep Failing

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

America Behind Bars: Why Attempts at Prison Reform Keep Failing By Liliana Segura AlterNet Posted March 5, 2008. A bloated prison system is against the country's best interests. Yet "tough on crime" rhetoric has gotten in the way of reform. When Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger declared plans in January 2005 to reform California's prisons, starting with a rebranding campaign (it's the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation now), his announcement signaled much-needed relief for California taxpayers, whose overstretched, scandal-prone prison system was screaming for an overhaul. But three years later, California maintains the second-highest prison population in the country (171,444 in January 2008) and the highest recidivism rate (a staggering 70 percent)...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 05, 2008 (boomark / email).