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.