The Effects of Mass Incarceration: Experiences of Prison and Parole

Harvard HLS

Prerequisite: None Exam Type: No Exam More than 8 million Americans are under "correctional supervision" in the United States, which incarcerates people at a rate drastically out of proportion with its population compared with the rest of the world. The yearly US cost of incarceration is over $80 billion per year. There are major debates on incarceration issues swirling in the general public and in the legal community ranging from the morality and efficacy of solitary confinement to the…