The Perpetual Prisoner Machine by Joel Dyer, 2000, Excerpts
- Eliminate mandatory sentences for nonviolent offenders
- For nonviolent offenders, use less expensive and more effective prison alternatives such as substance abuse programs, supervised probation and community service
- Level the racial profiling in sentencing
- Impose a moratorium on prison construction
- Require voter approval of all and any financing for future prison and jail construction
- Decriminalize marijuana
- Wage war on poverty
