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A New Justice System: Biblical Restitution

Pastor Paul Michael Raymond / The New Geneva Leadership Blog:
In 1985, the total population of prisoners in America was 744,000. In June 2003, the prison population reached nearly 2.1 million. Some prisons during that time had reached over 33 percent of their original holding capacities. In one year, between 2002 and 2003, state and federal prisoners grew as much as 2.9 percent, which was the largest growth of inmates in over four years. The local jail population grew 3.9 percent, state prisons grew 2.6 percent, and federal prisons grew 2.6 percent. . . . According to CNN, the prison costs of America have reached an average of 37 billion dollars in 2007. 1 million alone goes toward inmate phone calls.

Posted by Editor at February 20, 2010 12:12 AM