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Mass Jailing Utter Failure; Fmr Chief on Ending Police Militarization; Portugal Cut Addiction by Half without Jails
Mass Incarceration Has Been a Costly and Utter Failure: Report. Mass incarceration and tough-on-crime policies have had enormous social and fiscal consequences—from its $80 billion annual price tag to its myriad societal costs, including an increased risk of recidivism.
From Warrior Cops to Community Police: A Former Chief on How We Can Turn Back the Tide of Militarization. The police in America belong to the people, not the other way around.
Portugal Cut Addiction Rates in Half by Connecting Drug Users With Communities Instead of Jailing Them. Fifteen years ago, Portugal had one of the worst drug problems in Europe. So the country decriminalized drugs, took money out of prisons, put it into holistic rehabilitation and found that human connection is the antidote to addiction.
