America's Prisons
America's Prisons | Parole Can Succeed as an Alternative
Not only has the U.S. prison population dramatically increased in recent years, so has the number of Americans on parole or probation, which reached a record high of 4.5 million in 2000. In the following viewpoint, Washington Post staff writer Neely Tucker contends that parole can succeed as an alternative to imprisonment. He claims that fewer exinmates are relapsing into cycles of crime. Key to keeping ex-inmates from returning to prison, he contends, are programs that assist them in rebuilding their lives when they are released. Tucker insists that services adopting a...
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- Introduction
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Chapter 1: Are Prisons Effective?
- Chapter 1 Preface
- The Prison System Works
- The Prison System Does Not Work
- More Imprisonment Is Needed
- More Imprisonment Is Not Needed
- Imprisonment Reduces Crime
- Imprisonment Does Not Reduce Crime
- Privatization Would Benefit the Prison System
- Privatization Would Not Benefit the Prison System
- Chapter 1: Periodical Bibliography
- Chapter 2: How Should Prisons Treat Inmates?
- Chapter 3: Should Prisons Use Inmate Labor?
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Chapter 4: What Are the Alternatives to Prisons?
- Chapter 4 Preface
- Parole Can Succeed as an Alternative
- Parole and Probation Have Not Succeeded as Alternatives
- Drug Treatment Can Succeed as an Alternative
- Drug Offenders Should Be Imprisoned
- Creative Sentencing Can Provide Effective Alternatives
- Creative Sentencing May Not Provide Effective Alternatives
- Shame-Based Punishment Can Be an Effective Alternative
- Shame-Based Punishment May Not Be an Effective Alternative
- Chapter 4 Periodical Bibliography
- For Further Discussion
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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