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Mass Incarceration: Is a Solution in Sight?
The US has so many inmates in prison it’s been called “the incarceration nation.” It has more inmates than any other country, including China, which has 4 times the population.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readThe US has so many inmates in prison it’s been called “the incarceration nation.” It has more inmates than any other country, including China, which has 4 times the population. Now, in addition to other reforms, many states are reducing the tough sentences established during the War on Drugs, and the US Sentencing Commission is unanimous in recommending that terms be reduced for almost half the inmates in federal prisons.
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Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Claire Martin
Producer, To the Point/Which Way LA?
Evan George
Director of Content, News
Gideon Brower
Independent Producer
Christine Leonard
Vera Institute of Justice
John Wetzel
Pennsylvania’s State Department of Corrections
Bob Bushman
National Narcotics Officers Association Coalition
The full episode
2 of 3Prison Reform: The War on Drugs and Public Safety- 1:20Congress Seeks Common Ground on VA Bill… If Not Others
- 7:57Mass Incarceration: Is a Solution in Sight?You’re reading this
- 45:11VA. Ex-Governor’s Trial Begins