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Our Addiction to Incarceration is Not Sustainable

Maureen MurdockAugust 19, 2013Criminal Justice System, Mental Illness11 Comments

The United States has 5% of the world population but 25% of its prison population in spite of the fact that the violent crime rate is the lowest it has been in 40 years. Since the mid-1970s the California prison population has grown by 750% driven by sentencing laws based largely on fear, ignorance and vengeance. But in other states, … Read More

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