Monday 26 January 2009

Which of the strategies for dealing with crowded prisons seems most viable to you?

The strategy
that seems most viable for dealing with Americas crowded prisons is the strategy of reducing the
number of people who are sentenced to prison.  This would ease crowding without incurring huge
costs that must be borne by taxpayers who are already unhappy with the amount of taxes they are
paying.

There are really only two strategies that can be used to ease
crowding.  We can build more prisons or we can incarcerate fewer people.  We already incarcerate
far more people than any other rich country.  We...

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