What in your opinion, are the major issues for prison reform at the present time? Do you agree or disagree with the plight of inmates who seem to...

I would
argue that the main issue that faces prison reform today is the lingering feeling on the part of
many Americans that prisoners need to be punished as harshly as possible.

In
my view, the main thing that needs to happen to prisons is that they need to be made into places
that will actually rehabilitate offenders.  My main reason for saying this is not concern for
the inmates.  Instead, it is concern for our society.  As a society, we incarcerate huge numbers
of people.  If we incarcerate people without...