Do prisons protect public safety? Prisons protect the public from violent crime / David B. Muhlhausen
Prisons increase violence / Carolina Cordero Dyer
Imprisoning drug offenders makes America safer / James R. McDonough
Imprisoning drug offenders does not make America safer / Ethan Nadelmann
Mandatory minimum sentences should be repealed / pt. I: USA Today; pt. II: Ron Walters
Are prisons just? U.S. prisons are humane / Harley G. Lappin
U.S. prisons are not humane / Judith Greene
Prison system is racist / Paul Street
Prison system is not racist / R.D. Davis
Supermaximum security prisons are cruel / Sasha Abramsky
Supermaximum security prisons are necessary / Thomas J. Stickrath, Gregory A. Bucholtz
Cross-gender prisoner searches are abusive / Alan Elsner
Cross-gender prisoner searches can be justified / Gary W. DeLand
How should prisons operate? Privately operated prisons are beneficial / Geoffrey F. Segal
Privately operated prisons are not beneficial / Jenni Gainsborough
Prison labor benefits inmates / Morgan Reynolds
Prison labor exploits inmates / Brandi Kishner
Prisoners should be charged for prison costs / Michelle M. Sanborn
Prisoners should not be charged for prison costs / Phebe Eckfeldt
Faith-based programs benefit prisoners / Melissa Rogers
Faith-based programs discriminate against prisoners / Samantha M. Shapiro
Who should be imprisoned? Criminal youth should be imprisoned / James C. Backstrom
Criminal youth should not be imprisoned / Lenore Anderson
Dying prisoners should receive compassionate release / Rashida Edmondson
Prison hospice care meets the needs of dying prisoners / Anne M. Seidlitz
Mentally ill criminals should not be imprisoned / Joanne Mariner
Caring for mentally ill criminals outside of prison is dangerous / Jim Doyle, Peter Fimrite
Mothers should not be imprisoned / Jackie Crawford
Imprisoning pregnant women harms unborn children / Ayelet Waldman.
