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The Future of Imprisonment (1st Edition) by Michael H. Tonry (Editor), Oxford University Press Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 0-19-531410-7 / 0195314107 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-531410-6 / 9780195314106 The imprisonment rate in America has grown by a factor of five since 1972. In that time, punishment policies have toughened, compassion for prisoners has diminished, and prisons have gotten worse-a stark contrast to the origins of the prison 200 years ago as a humanitarian reform, a substitute for c |