Spending on Prisons and Schools

POSTED BY MARTIN KICH The Department of Education Policy and Program Studies Division has released a report on State and Local Expenditures on Corrections and Education. Here are the highlights of the report: –From 1979–80 to 2012–13, public PK–12 expenditures increased by 107 percent (from $258 to $534 billion),4 while total state and local corrections expenditures increased…

The American Way of Punishment

This week the Chronicle of Higher Education has published a series of articles from the Chronicle Review under the above heading that explore the issue of mass incarceration in America from academic perspectives.  No one, including myself, will agree with everything in the five articles that have appeared, but all are thoughtful, informative, eye-opening and…