Thinking outside the box on prison sentences

By Diane Dimond / Crime and Justice / ABQ Journal

Change is often a good thing. Thinking outside the box can bring about dynamic and fresh solutions to long-standing problems. That’s why I’m hoping the new Trump Administration – on record as wanting to upend the status quo in Washington – will employ this kind of thinking when the subject of prison sentencing reform comes up.

For too long, politicians have told us that a lengthy prison sentence equals increased public safety and deterrence, that if you give a convict the longest possible prison term, it will keep them from future criminal activity, as well as scare away others from committing a similar crime.

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