A depressing graph from the Pew Trust, which also notes that of the 2.3 million people behind bars in America, 1.2 million have children under 18. It is depressing to me that we can't think of any better way to control crime than to lock up more than a million parents, but I'm afraid that I don't really have any better ideas.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Imprisonment
A depressing graph from the Pew Trust, which also notes that of the 2.3 million people behind bars in America, 1.2 million have children under 18. It is depressing to me that we can't think of any better way to control crime than to lock up more than a million parents, but I'm afraid that I don't really have any better ideas.
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