EDITORIAL
High costs, low resultsAn unexpected development in the nation's economic recession is that government has become concerned about the high cost of operating prisons. For some time, America's anti-crime policy has been to put offenders in jail and throw away the key. Now the cost of mass incarceration has become burdensome. More » |
OPINION
Prisons and jails lack adequate mental health treatment for inmatesThe goal of America's correctional facilities is supposed to be punishing criminals for wrongdoing and preparing them to re-enter our society. But the successful transition of inmates back to their communities is severely hampered by many factors, including the poor quality of mental health treatment in jails and prisons, as well as the inability of ex-convicts to obtain mental health counseling and medication once they are released. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
'The dream will never die'I actually hoped against hope that Ted Kennedy would somehow manage to rescue "health care for all." But he was only one man. More » |
