No one seems to be asking, nor answering, what is probably the most important question, so I shall ask. If the recidivism rate is so high, i.e. these people are such a danger even after they are ...

The standard answer to the question posed by the title of Bill Keller's new book, What's Prison For?, cites four goals: punishment, deterrence, incapacitation, and rehabilitation. But as Keller shows, ...

Nyau wakes up every day at 4am frightened by repeated flashbacks of traumatic events of that early Monday morning of 1999 when cops knocked on his door and took him never to return home for 6 months.

Prison reform can help many inmates prepare for life outside prison instead of just punishing them. The approach allows them to learn new skills and ways to cope with life's ups and downs. Reform can ...

The sentencing of juveniles for heinous crimes is always an area of contention, but recent Supreme Court rulings have answered many of the questions. Now, the High Court must decide whether life ...

More than half a million people go to prison every year in America, and Colorado is one of the latest states trying a new approach to support inmates through an experimental unit focused less on ...

In some cases, punishment or rehabilitation are just inapplicable. You also have to account for any system being error-prone. Your hypothetical situation states the exact circumstances, but in reality ...