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There is a better path, and this book shows us how to find that new direction. - Los Angeles Times , Should be read by the public and used by policy makers. Essential. - Choice , Policy wonks, journalists, elected officials and students of criminal justice will find the arguments and data in this book worth grappling with. - New York Newsday , Downsizing Prisons offers an innovative approach to reducing the strain on America's overcrowded prisons: namely, by fixing the dysfunctional parole systems in states around the country. . . . Jacobson's book comes at exactly the right time. - Mother Jones , Downsizing Prisons explains not only why current incarceration policy is not working, but what we can do about it. Jacobson's blueprint provides an overview of a pragmatic strategy that can reduce the size of our bloated prison system while improving prospects for public safety. -Marc Mauer, author of Race to Incarcerate

Downsizing Prisons offers an innovative approach to reducing the strain on America's overcrowded prisons: namely, by fixing the dysfunctional parole systems in states around the country. . . . Jacobson's book comes at exactly the right time. - Mother Jones ,

<p> Downsizing Prisons offers an innovative approach to reducing the strain on America's overcrowded prisons: namely, by fixing the dysfunctional parole systems in states around the country. . . . Jacobson's book comes at exactly the right time. <br>- Mother Jones ,

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Robert Goldenberg is Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

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