Debt To Society: The Real Price Of Prison

SERIES INDEX

The Real Price of Prisons There are more people behind bars in the United
States today than ever before. Since 1980, the inmate population has more
than quadrupled to two million -- an unprecedented explosion that is
incurring unprecedented costs to all Americans.

How We Got To Two Million: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1268/a03.html

Incubating Disease: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1269/a05.html

Bad Investment: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1273/a03.html

Breeding Violence: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1276/a02.html

Left Behind: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1270/a07.html

Liberty And Justice For Some: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1269/a01.html

What's The Alternative?: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1276/a03.html

Incarceration Atlas: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v01/n1276/a01.html

ABOUT THIS PROJECT

Debt to Society: The Real Price of Prisons is a project of the Foundation
for National Progress, umbrella organization for MotherJones.com and Mother
Jones magazine. Support for this project was provided by Jane and Charlie
Butcher.

Editor/Producer: Vince Beiser

Consulting Editor: Eric Bates

Additional Article Editing: Monika Bauerlein

Contributing Writers: Sasha Abramsky, Nell Bernstein, Anne-Marie Cusac,
Reverend Jesse Jackson Sr., Governor Gary Johnson, William Speed Weed

Contributing Photographers: Andrew Lichtenstein, Joseph Rodriguez, Gregg
Segal, Marc PoKempner

Copy Editor: Susan Lake

Art Director: Cal Joy

Web Designer/Project Manager: Laura Shapiro

Webmaster: Robert Wise

Additional Programming: Markus Schmidt

Web Production Associates: Maureen Klusza, Pei-Ching Wu

Research: Justice Policy Institute

Additional research and fact-checking: Brett Coker, Sam Davis, Zohar
Greene, Emily Huber, Amos Kenigsberg, Jamie McCallum, Eliza Wilmerding