The U.S. crime rate has dropped steadily for more than a decade, yet the rate of incarceration continues to skyrocket. Today, more than 2 million Americans are

The United States has built a carceral state that is unprecedented among Western countries and in US history. Nearly one in 50 people, excluding children and th

After 300 years of the American struggle with crime and punishment-related issues, the nation seems less able to deal with them now than at any other time in hi