UNITED STATES: Prison policy harms political economy

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  • Comparative imprisonment rates
  • Drivers of imprisonment
  • Public policy
  • 'War on drugs'
  • 'Three strikes'
  • New penal regime
  • Welfare substitution
  • Prison economics
  • Deleterious effects
  • Ethnic divisions
  • Disenfranchisement
  • Outlook
  • Fiscal pressure
  • Political change

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