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 have to be over a generation. But certainly, yeah, white collar crime.
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 …
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…
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.
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…
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…
These 2.3 million prisoners, somehow we've convinced ourselves that's normal and rational, more prisoners than soldiers, more prisoners than China, m… - Peter Moskos
These 2.3 million prisoners, somehow we've convinced ourselves that's normal and rational, more prisoners than soldiers, more prisoners than China, m…
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…
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