Flurry of State Prison Closures Suggests Hope For Incarceration Reform

Flurry of State Prison Closures Suggests Hope For Incarceration Reform: pIn the wake of a prison boom that saw both record construction and an explosion in the U.S. prison population, states are for the first time starting to reverse course. In the past two years, 35 prisons have closed in 15 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. While the closures are uneven, [...]/p