Considering the Death Penalty to Solve our National Opioid Crisis
Today America is suffering from a drug crisis that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, affected millions more, and cost the economy many billions for the costs of interception, incarceration, medical treatment, and lost wages. The worst of the problem is due...The Death Penalty Works in Singapore
This video details how the Singapore government has used the death penalty for serious crimes, including dealing drugs, to make Singapore one of the safest countries in the world.
How China is Using the Death Penalty
Like Singapore, China has had a long history of capital punishment as a legal penalty for murder and drug trafficking, though unlike Singapore, China uses lethal injection or a gunshot.
China executes more prisoners than any other country each year, in part because it has such a large population. This video features the steps China has taken to combat drug abuse in China with the death penalty.
WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM PRISONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
One of the most shameful aspects of prisons in the U.S. is that we incarcerate a far higher proportion of our population than any other country, six times more than the average in Europe, as illustrated in the chart below. We have 2.2 million in prison or jail...
Measures to Reduce Admissions and Safely Increase Releases
In previous blogs I have talked about the importance of reducing costs in the prison system by reducing incarcerations and reducing recidivism. Here I want to provide a list of suggestions on how to reduce admissions and safely increase releases, including some...
