Prison Overcrowding Crisis Unhealthy for All Californians

Our prisons have become the largest mental health system for the poor, the largest battered women's shelter, and the largest system of public housing. The social cost of decimating our already frayed safety net in order to expand prisons is beyond calculation. We sacrifice precious community resources to maintain a prison system that creates instability, ill health and disease, while failing to keep us safe. Full Story »

Posted by Dan Brekke
Tags Help
Member Tags: prisons, social policy
Editorial Help
Posted by: Posted by Dan Brekke - Dec 4, 2008 - 8:04 AM PST
Edit Lock: This story can be edited
Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Dec 4, 2008 - 6:18 PM PST

To:


Separate email addresses with commas.
25 recipients max.

Note:

Reviews

Show All | Notes | Comments | Quotes | Links
Silhouette_sml
3.5
by Justin Michels - Dec. 6, 2008

Addresses the problems well, but fails to discuss viable solutions--such as ending the drug war according to the recommendations of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

See Full Review » (6 answers)
Download_thumb
3.4
by Kenneth Sibbett - Dec. 4, 2008

It seems to be statistics and warmed over ideas.

Everyone knows (are should) that prisons are not the answer to societies problems. You can't just keep building prisons for juvenile delinquents, ... More »

See Full Review » (7 answers)
Silhouette_sml
4.0
by Dan Brekke - Dec. 4, 2008

Yes -- it's attempting to shed light on a topic that is essential to public policy in our state (California) yet is little understood and seldom discussed in depth in our mass media.

See Full Review » (6 answers)
Silhouette_sml
4.7
by Rob McBride - Dec. 8, 2008

Topical, clearly written, well informed.

See Full Review » (11 answers)

Comments on this story Help (BETA)

NT Rating | My Rating

Ratings

3.9

Good
from 4 reviews (40% confidence)
Quality
3.8
Facts
4.2
Fairness
3.8
Information
3.8
Sourcing
3.0
Style
5.0
Context
5.0
Depth
4.0
Enterprise
4.0
Popularity
4.0
Recommendation
4.2
Credibility
4.0
# Reviews
2.0
# Views
5.0
# Likes
1.0
# Emails
1.0
More
How our ratings work »

Topics

(See these related stories.)

Links Help

No links yet. Please review this story to add some!