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Prisons not the answer to crime problems: Attorney General

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prisons not the answer to crime problems: Attorney General August 3, 2009 BY ABDON M. PALLASCH Political Reporter- Chicago Sun Times More prisons are not the answer to America?s crime problems, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told the nation?s lawyers Monday. ?We will not focus exclusively on incarceration as the most effective means of protecting public safety,? Holder told the American Bar Association delegates meeting here for their annual convention. ?Since 2003, spending on incarceration has continued to rise, but crime rates have flattened.? Holder conceded that the massive build-up of prisons ? a seven-fold increase over the past 40 years ? probably has something to do with the crime rate dropping 40 percent since 1991. ?Today, one out of every 100 adults in America is incarcerated ? the highest incarceration rate in the world,? he said...continue to full post

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