Prison Reform

66 California Inmate Deaths Preventable According to Prison Receiver Robert Sillen

Karen Leonard September 20, 2007 at 11:03 AM

There are very good studies in Behavioral Science that proves incarceration and punishment NEVER changes behaivor. There are also very successful alternatives to incarceration that are already being incorporated in other countries. But it seems that nothing will sway Americans from just being cruel. The closest we get to any change in our adicctive knee-jerk behaivor concerning crime and punishment is when we follow the bottom line and underline that change will save money. For anyone wanting to see how ridiculously barbaric our country is concerning prisoners, I would suggest reading Kind and Usual Punishment- the first expose on the prison business.