The New Orleans Times-Picayune has an excellent series on how Louisiana became the world's leading jailer. The eight-part series begins with these sobering stats:
Louisiana is the world's prison capital. The state imprisons more of its people, per head, than any of its U.S. counterparts. First among Americans means first in the world. Louisiana's incarceration rate is nearly triple Iran's, seven times China's and 10 times Germany's.
[...] Must-read: “Louisiana Incarcerated: How we built the world’s prison capital” (prisonmovement.wordpress.com) [...]
[...] Must-read: "Louisiana Incarcerated: How we built the world's prison capital" (prisonmovement.wordpress.com) [...]
The United States Criminal Justice System is flawed, broken, yet fixable; Prison Reform and Sentencing Reform should be major agenda's for each state- we need to stop warehousing prisoners and ready those who are going to parole.
Inmate rehabilitation improves public safety and lowers prison costs.
“We have to care because we can't afford not to".
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