Special Reports: Slammed: The Coming Prison Meltdown

We're locking up 1 in every 100 American adults—and going bankrupt in the process. Are there alternatives to a total meltdown? Inside America's broken—and broke—prison system.

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haha good one.

haha good one.

really expained it in

really expained it in different manner.

Of course, prison systems

Of course, prison systems should be reformed not only in America, but everywhere in the world. But the most important attention should be paid to the moral education.

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