STOP THE DRUG WAR 1-31 americans in JAIL!52$ billion gone for corrections

[tintala]

American states spent about $52 billion on corrections last year, the vast majority of it on prisons, and that's not smart, the Pew Center on the States said in a report released Monday. As a cost saving measure in a time of fiscal crisis at the statehouses, states should instead emphasize spending on community corrections. The study, 1 in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections, reported that one in every 31 Americans is in jail or prison or on probation or parole. That's more than 7 million people under state supervision, and that's more than double the rate 25 years ago. The report adds that the real figure may be closer to 8 million because the numbers don't include people under state supervision in pre-trial diversion programs, such as drug courts.

This was an article on stopthedrugwar.org.

[tintala]

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[jickler]

corrections? wtf? all they do is put you in jail and then let you out after your time is served. how is that correfcting people?

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Originally Posted by jickler

corrections? wtf? all they do is put you in jail and then let you out after your time is served. how is that correfcting people?

Its easier, public wise, to call it corrections vs do your time, and your free to go.

The same way blockbuster calls its late fees "restocking fees" now. Same thing, different title, sounds better.