[lbo-talk] NYT: U.S. Prison Populations Decline, Reflecting New Approach to Crime

[Joseph Catron]

"The prison population in the United States dropped in 2012 for the third
consecutive year, according to federal statistics released on Thursday, in
what criminal justice experts said was the biggest decline in the nation's
recent history, signaling a shift away from an almost four-decade policy of
mass imprisonment."

http://nyti.ms/11jz27W

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