Pubdate: Tue, 10 Jul 2001 Source: MoJo Wire (US Web) Copyright: 2001 Foundation for National Progress Contact: http://mojones.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/891 Debt To Society: The Real Price Of Prison SERIES INDEX The Real Price of Prisons There are more people behind bars in the United States today than ever before. Since 1980, the inmate population has more than quadrupled to two million -- an unprecedented explosion that is incurring unprecedented costs to all Americans. How We Got To Two Million: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1268/a03.html Incubating Disease: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1269/a05.html Bad Investment: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1273/a03.html Breeding Violence: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1276/a02.html Left Behind: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1270/a07.html Liberty And Justice For Some: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1269/a01.html What's The Alternative?: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1276/a03.html Incarceration Atlas: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1276/a01.html ABOUT THIS PROJECT Debt to Society: The Real Price of Prisons is a project of the Foundation for National Progress, umbrella organization for MotherJones.com and Mother Jones magazine. Support for this project was provided by Jane and Charlie Butcher. Editor/Producer: Vince Beiser Consulting Editor: Eric Bates Additional Article Editing: Monika Bauerlein Contributing Writers: Sasha Abramsky, Nell Bernstein, Anne-Marie Cusac, Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., Governor Gary Johnson, William Speed Weed Contributing Photographers: Andrew Lichtenstein, Joseph Rodriguez, Gregg Segal, Marc PoKempner Copy Editor: Susan Lake Art Director: Cal Joy Web Designer/Project Manager: Laura Shapiro Webmaster: Robert Wise Additional Programming: Markus Schmidt Web Production Associates: Maureen Klusza, Pei-Ching Wu Research: Justice Policy Institute Additional research and fact-checking: Brett Coker, Sam Davis, Zohar Greene, Emily Huber, Amos Kenigsberg, Jamie McCallum, Eliza Wilmerding - --- MAP posted-by: Jo-D