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New York has a moral abundance of prisons.
The State has tried to be in the forefront of penal reform, and after two hundred years, we have accomplished very little.
We have not progressed much beyond Sing Sing on the Hudson.

The Economist this week in insightful detail defines the incredible size and extent of the problem.
http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21654619-how-make-americas-penal-system-less-punitive-and-more-effective-jailhouse-nation