Cost of locking up Americans too high

One in every 31 U.S. adultsis in the corrections system, which includes jail, prison,probation and supervision, more than double the rate of aquarter century ago.... "Violent and career criminals need to be locked up, and for a long time. But our research shows that prisons are housing too many people who can be managed safely and held accountable in the community at far lower cost," said Adam Gelb, director of the Center's Public Safety Performance Project, which produced the report.