No city has failed to control its street gangs more spectacularly than Los Angeles. The region has six times as many gangs and double the number of gang members as a quarter-century ago, even after spending countless billions on the problem. But unless Congress changes course quickly, the policies t
read more(The Associated Press - David Crary - May 21, 2006)Â Â NEW YORK -- Oklahoma, Mississippi and the Mountain states have set the pace in increasing the imprisonment of women, while several Northeastern states are curtailing the practice, according to a new report detailing sharp regional differenc
read more(The Associated Press – David Crary – March 23, 2006)  In reaction to the crack epidemic of the 1980s, laws creating drug-free zones around schools spread nationwide. Now, hard questions are being raised – by legislators, activists, even law enforcement officials –
read more(The Montgomery Advertiser -Â John Davis - November 1, 2005)Â Â Efforts to divert drug addicts and other nonviolent criminals away from state prisons are gaining momentum months before Alabama's 2006 legislative session. On Monday, the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance, which advocates
read moreJudith Greene debates Adrian Moore, director of the Reason Foundation's Public Policy Institute, in a Corrections Connection forum on prison privatization. Click here to listen online.
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