What parole can teach us about fixing mass incarceration
The number of people in U.S. prisons and jails has increased 500% in the last 40 years.
The U.S. leads the world in mass incarceration, with nearly two million people behind bars. But what paths are there to rehabilitation and freedom? In his latest book, Chicago journalist Ben Austen explores the role of parole and how it may help the US. get out of the “mass incarceration crisis.”
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What parole can teach us about fixing mass incarceration
The number of people in U.S. prisons and jails has increased 500% in the last 40 years.
The U.S. leads the world in mass incarceration, with nearly two million people behind bars. But what paths are there to rehabilitation and freedom? In his latest book, Chicago journalist Ben Austen explores the role of parole and how it may help the US. get out of the “mass incarceration crisis.”
Reset checks in with the author.
GUEST: Ben Austen, author of Correction: Parole, Prison, and the Possibility of Change
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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons