HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS Editorial: But it’s not just costs. For all the money Pennsylvania spends, our crime has not gone down dramatically.
The “lock ’em up and throw away the key” mentality has not produced safer communities. Certainly the most egregious offenders will need to spend their life behind bars, but the vast majority — 90 percent — of offenders spend time behind bars and then re-enter society.
Our corrections system is not preparing people adequately for what happens after they are released. Human services, police, religious and other community groups are rightly asking: Can’t we do better?… (more)
