This blog was primarily written by Eric Sponheim, an attorney and analyst who worked on sentencing and corrections issues in state government. It sought to explore justice issues in the age of mass incarceration.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
The Absurdity of Prison Crowding
I've forgotten exactly how Camus defined "the absurd."
But seeing pictures in Daedalus and Wilson Quarterly of triple-bunked inmates leaves one reaching for those words.
And then there's California, which has gone beyond absurd to downright ludicrous and unconstitionally cruel.
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