Prisons

MSNBC's Alter Suggests Releasing Criminals from U.S. Prisons to Honor Mandela

12/9/2013 3:21 PM ET

On Thursday's PoliticsNation, MSNBC political analyst Jonathan Alter played the liberal caricature by actually suggesting that, in light of former South African President Nelson Mandela's passing, ...

NYT Finally Admits (Reluctantly) That Imprisonment Lowers Crime Rate

10/31/2011 12:14 PM ET

An editorial finally acknowledged the paper's blinkered liberal failure to connect the seemingly obvious idea that crime falls when more criminals are behind bars, as captured by a notorious 1997 ...

Beck Slams California Tax Hike Proposition, Calls for Real Budget Cuts

5/19/2009 10:40 AM ET

Fox News Channel host criticizes Schwarzenegger's fear tactics, proposes cuts to sea otters and migrant day care instead of releasing prisoners.

Liptak Laments U.S. Incarceration Rate, Blames Lack of "Safety Net"

4/23/2008 2:13 PM ET

Adam Liptak: "Criminologists and legal experts here and abroad point to a tangle of factors to explain America's extraordinary incarceration rate: higher levels of violent crime, harsher ...

Network Jailbreak

2/29/2008 2:00 AM ET

NBC, ABC and CBS loose their America-bashing impulse in stories on the U.S. incarceration rate.

NYT Befuddled - January 22, 2002

1/22/2002 8:00 PM ET

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