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Quotes from Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics — Marie Gottschalk

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Thanks to the escalation in the number of people serving life and other lengthy sentences, prisons are becoming maximum-security nursing homes.

Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics (2016)

In many European countries, if a “lifer” does not continue to pose a major threat to public safety, he or she is typically released after serving approximately twelve years. This is similar to the practice that used to prevail in many states.

Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics (2016)

[R]egistered sex offenders are subject to an Alice-in-Wonderland maze of civil commitment laws, and community notification, registration, and residency restrictions that amount to a kind of ritual exile.

Caught: The Prison State and the Lockdown of American Politics (2016)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Marie Gottschalk (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.