On: Housing a prisoner in California costs more than a year at Harvard

[WalterBright]

Offenders like Martha Stewart and Bernie Madoff are not likely to be violent in prison, so there is no need to go to the huge expense of treating them as if they are violent. Furthermore, brutalizing such people seems hardly necessary or productive.

[pvg → WalterBright]

The problems with incarceration rates in the US don't stem from imprisoning an excess of Martha Stewarts.