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Can the Criminal Justice System Be Reformed?

By Michael Blankenship

The nation?s criminal justice system is in need of an overhaul. This is particularly true of its incarceration policies. Too many people are being put behind bars who do not need to be there, at great cost to the states, and not enough attention is being paid to helping released prisoners re-enter society. Read more... To point out that the criminal justice system is in need of reform is an understatement. But need for reform is rarely the bedfellow of action. In other words, I have am extremely pessimistic about the chances of significant reform. First, the criminal justice system has become infested with the profit motive. Things have gotten so bad that the term criminal justice-industrial complex is frequently applied. The money involved, the turf to protect, and the vested interests will make reform difficult...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on February 13, 2010 (boomark / email).