Despite evidence pointing to ineffectiveness of harsh penalties, ‘lawmakers are slow to take action and public outrage is largely absent,’ writes Dr. Joseph Stiglitz Nadia Prupis, Common Dreams Reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license Decades of mass incarceration have proven to be a costly and ineffective strategy to reduce crime, a groundbreaking report … Continue reading Mass Incarceration Has Been a Costly and Utter Failure: Report