Money can't buy happiness, but it can buy you a nicer jail cell in California, where rich prisoners are able to buy more comfortable accommodations.
Tag - criminal justice
In addition to a number of legitimate criticisms of the courts, there's a fundamental, if rather prosaic, problem: They simply don't work.
Law enforcement is always looking for the best new technology to stay ahead of sophisticated criminal agents, not to mention terrorist sympathizers.
The show asks that question which too few Americans are willing to ask. What is the goal of prisons, and are they achieving said goal?
The Federal Bureau of Prisons mistakenly held 152 inmates behind bars well past the expiration of their sentences.