Decarcerating America: from mass punishment to public health

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Mass incarceration will end--there is an emerging consensus that we've been locking up too many people for too long. But with more than 2.2 million Americans behind bars right now, how do we go about bringing people home? Decarcerating America collects some of the leading thinkers in the criminal justice reform movement to strategize about how to cure America of its epidemic of mass punishment.;Ending mass incarceration : six bold reforms to rapidly reduce incarceration without compromising public safety / Natasha A. Frost, Todd R. Clear, and Carlos E. Monteiro -- Better by half : the New York City story of winning large-scale decarceration while increasing public safety / Judith A. Green and Vincent Schiraldi -- Lessons from California on prison and jail downsizing / Michael Romano -- The role of judges in ending mass incarceration / Judge Robert Sweet and James Thompson -- Public defense and decarceration : advocacy on the front lines / Robin Steinberg, Skylar Albertson, and Rachel Maremont -- Making drug policy reform work for meaningful decarceration / Gabriel Sayegh -- Transforming our responses to violence / Danielle Sered -- Minimizing the impact of parental incarceration / Elizabeth Gaynes and Tanya Krupat -- Health and decarceration / Ross MacDonald and Homer Venters -- Release aging people in prison : a sound policy initiative necessary for meaningful decarceration / Mujahid Farid and Laura Whitehorn -- Health care as a vehicle for decarceration / Daliah Heller -- Come close in : voices of survivors of mass incarceration / Kathy Boudin -- Dealing with drug use after prison : harm reduction therapy / Jeannie Little, Jenifer Talley, Scott Kellogg, Maurice Byrd, and Sheila Vakharia -- Prisons to ploughshares : new economies for prison towns / Eric Lotke. Ending mass incarceration : six bold reforms to rapidly reduce incarceration without compromising public safety / Natasha A. Frost, Todd R. Clear, and Carlos E. Monteiro -- Better by half : the New York City story of winning large-scale decarceration while increasing public safety / Judith A. Green and Vincent Schiraldi -- Lessons from California on prison and jail downsizing / Michael Romano -- The role of judges in ending mass incarceration / Judge Robert Sweet and James Thompson -- Public defense and decarceration : advocacy on the front lines / Robin Steinberg, Skylar Albertson, and Rachel Maremont -- Making drug policy reform work for meaningful decarceration / Gabriel Sayegh -- Transforming our responses to violence / Danielle Sered -- Minimizing the impact of parental incarceration / Elizabeth Gaynes and Tanya Krupat -- Health and decarceration / Ross MacDonald and Homer Venters -- Release aging people in prison : a sound policy initiative necessary for meaningful decarceration / Mujahid Farid and Laura Whitehorn -- Health care as a vehicle for decarceration / Daliah Heller -- Come close in : voices of survivors of mass incarceration / Kathy Boudin -- Dealing with drug use after prison : harm reduction therapy / Jeannie Little, Jenifer Talley, Scott Kellogg, Maurice Byrd, and Sheila Vakharia -- Prisons to ploughshares : new economies for prison towns / Eric Lotke.