America's prisons

Prison deters crime / Bruce Bayley

Prison does not deter crime / Joel Waldfogel

Prisons can rehabilitate / Shreveport Times

Prison rehabilitation efforts are ineffective / Dana Pico

Alternative sentencing would be more effective in prison / Ruth David

Alternatives to prison are dangerous and ineffective / Thomas Sowell

America's imprisonment practices are racist / Glenn Loury

America's imprisonment practices are not racist / Heather Mac Donald

Mandatory minimum sentencing is just in drug cases / Jodi L. Avergun

Mandatory minimum sentencing is unjust / Robert Hooker and Robert Hirsh

Imprisoning drug users is just / Theodore Dalrymple

Imprisoning nonviolent drug users is unjust / Michael Huemer

Disenfranchising prisoners is just / Ben Johnson

Disenfranchising prisoners is unjust / Conor Clarke and Greg Yothers

American prisons are humane / Harley G. Lappin

Overcrowding in American prisons is inhumane / Craig Haney

Stun technology makes prisons safer / Jeff Wiehe

Stun technology is inhumane and dangerous / Anne-Marie Cusac

California must spend more on prison than health care / J. Clark Kelso

California should not spend excessively on prison health care / Debra Saunders

Allowing inmate moms to raise their children in prison is beneficial / Suzanne Smalley

Raising children in prison may be harmful / Carol Lloyd

Juveniles should not be placed in adult prisons / Campaign for Youth Justice

Life without parole in the adult system is reasonable for some juvenile offenders / Charles D. Stimson and Andrew M. Grossman

The mentally ill should not be placed in the prison system / Jamie Fellner

Focusing on mental illness in prison prevents real reform / Susan Mortimer.