Prison Reform = Modern Day Abolitionism = Smaller Government = Better U.S. Economy = Tradition = Scripture = More Effective = Original Intent of U.S. Constitution = Prison Industry Re-Vitalization Through Free Enterprise Hiring Prisoners = More Rehabilitation = Less Recidivism = More Deterrence = Less Incapacitation = More Liberty = Admitting Past Failures = Fewer Prisoners = What George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln & Theodore Roosevelt would do = Proven By Experience ... ... ...
A "Get Out of Jail Free Card" Will Not Work Most of America's prison reform advocates only approach the issues from the standpoint of the prisoner-as-victim. Law enforcement policies under the prevailing liberal view are characterized as the main cause and perpetrator of mass incarceration. We rarely hear these folks tell us what punishment the guilty should have or how criminals should accept the consequences of their crimes. Many times they propose drug treatment, Drug Court, therapy, commitment to mental institutions, rehabilitation, "alternative sentences," and the extremely general solutions of fairness, equality, education and "community corrections." Most critics of mass incarceration focus on the process, not the substance of the problems. The process is flawed, they say, because of the failed War on Drugs, inadequate indigent defense, excessive prosecutorial power, mandatory sentences, exce...