The prison system is like a badly overloaded tractor trailer—it takes a long time to stop even after the brakes are hit. [David A. Graham: The good news about crime] ...

The last country the US should look to for inspiration in penal reform is Japan. Japanese culture is too different. Japanese ...

Several U.S. states are looking to European-style prisons, which prioritize rehabilitation over punishment, to improve prison conditions in America, despite facing political and financial barriers.

States of all political stripes, including Oklahoma, North Dakota and Massachusetts, have sent officials to tour prisons in ...

Clemency, the power to grant a pardon and essentially erase a person’s conviction, or to grant a commutation and reduce his or her sentence, has deep roots in the American legal system. The term ...

As the snake digests the pig year after year, the American prison system is simply not going to have enough inmates to justify its continued size or staggering costs. Some states that are ...