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Judi Lynn

(160,211 posts)
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 01:04 AM Oct 2015

US Police Chiefs Call for Reducing Prison Population

Source: Agence France-Presse

US Police Chiefs Call for Reducing Prison Population
World | Agence France-Presse | Updated: October 22, 2015 10:10 IST

Washington: A group of 130 police chiefs, prosecutors and sheriffs from around the United States on Wednesday called for reforms that would to reduce the US prison population.

The top cops are adding their voice as a group to others -- including President Barack Obama -- who want to lower the incarceration rate, which is the highest among developed countries.

"We can say from experience that we can bring down both incarceration and crime together," said Chicago police department superintendent Garry McCarthy, speaking at the group's first meeting in Washington.

While the US population has increased by 30 per cent since 1980, the country's prison population jumped 800 percent during the same period, largely due to sentences that are disproportionately harsh compared to other countries.



Read more: http://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-police-chiefs-call-for-reducing-prison-population-1235104

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US Police Chiefs Call for Reducing Prison Population (Original Post) Judi Lynn Oct 2015 OP
A start. Downwinder Oct 2015 #1
US mass incarceration is an international embarrassment & a utter disgrace to what US is about 99th_Monkey Oct 2015 #2
This will hurt the Prison Industrial Complex. Little Tich Oct 2015 #3
Thanks, Judi...you are always on it! nt kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #4
The solution is super easy Taitertots Oct 2015 #5
The massive incarceration rate and the huge 90's drop in crime are probably related frizzled Oct 2015 #6
 

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)
2. US mass incarceration is an international embarrassment & a utter disgrace to what US is about
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 02:55 AM
Oct 2015

and is supposed to stand for in the global community of nations.

This is an awesome development, and happy to see Obama is engaging in being
part of the solution.

 

Taitertots

(7,745 posts)
5. The solution is super easy
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 11:49 AM
Oct 2015

Legalize drugs
Legalize prostitution
Decriminalize poverty/homelessness/mental illness

 

frizzled

(509 posts)
6. The massive incarceration rate and the huge 90's drop in crime are probably related
Thu Oct 22, 2015, 12:01 PM
Oct 2015

They're all symptoms of an undeclared low-level civil war waged along ethnic lines in American cities which destroyed black communities and depopulated black males from city centers, particularly on the east coast.

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