I say a few good things about Canada in the book, you know. Americans are weird, though. We refuse to look at other countries. Start with Canadians - I want to think you aren't that different, so why can't we do our incarceration policies more like Canada? If we still had a 1970 level of incarceration which was the same as Canada's then and now, I never would have written this.
If you're willing to give convicts time served and let them walk, why do you want to give them a criminal record? I mean, either they should be in ja… - Peter Moskos
If you're willing to give convicts time served and let them walk, why do you want to give them a criminal record? I mean, either they should be in ja…
- Peter Moskos
I don't think we can reduce the prison population now, so many of these people are damaged goods once they've spent much time in prison. It would hav… - Peter Moskos
I don't think we can reduce the prison population now, so many of these people are damaged goods once they've spent much time in prison. It would hav…
Although I consider myself pretty liberal, I'm not against punishment. There's nothing wrong with punishing someone who has done something wrong. Or … - Peter Moskos
Although I consider myself pretty liberal, I'm not against punishment. There's nothing wrong with punishing someone who has done something wrong. Or …
There's no straight line between closing the mental institutions and filling the prisons but there is some sort of relationship. And it's hard to tel… - Peter Moskos
There's no straight line between closing the mental institutions and filling the prisons but there is some sort of relationship. And it's hard to tel…
I find it weird that people who claim to speak for the prisoners basically want to keep them in cages all the time - and then they'll fight for bette… - Peter Moskos
I find it weird that people who claim to speak for the prisoners basically want to keep them in cages all the time - and then they'll fight for bette…
The thing I wrote we ought to look to Canada for is the shorter sentences. I mean, the mess we're in here, is because of the drug war and this idea o… - Peter Moskos
The thing I wrote we ought to look to Canada for is the shorter sentences. I mean, the mess we're in here, is because of the drug war and this idea o…
I'm not fond of ideologies. I don't like it when people have answers before they know the question. - Peter Moskos
I'm not fond of ideologies. I don't like it when people have answers before they know the question.
I'm not a fan of the death penalty. At some level I think killing is wrong, but I don't have sympathy for most of the people sentenced - I'm not a pa… - Peter Moskos
I'm not a fan of the death penalty. At some level I think killing is wrong, but I don't have sympathy for most of the people sentenced - I'm not a pa…
I know this in a way from my police background: the second you mention, "The system's racist," one-third of the country simply puts down the book and… - Peter Moskos
I know this in a way from my police background: the second you mention, "The system's racist," one-third of the country simply puts down the book and…
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