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In other words, in the same way that mass incarceration surged because of a real thing, its finally starting to ebb because of a real thing: the actual, concrete decline in violent crime that started in the early 90s and which appears to be permanent. America is simply a safer place than it used to be, and looks set to stay that way. Our prison population is still gigantic by any measure, and there are vast inequities in who gets locked up and how they get treated. But for those of us whod like to see this problem addressed, at least theres a decent tailwind helping us out. Its not crazy to think that the next decade could see some real changes in the American attitude toward the mass incarceration society weve constructed.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 00:29:23 +0000

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