{"id":1573,"date":"2014-09-05T15:19:07","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T20:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/?p=1573"},"modified":"2014-09-05T15:19:07","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T20:19:07","slug":"jails-arent-the-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/2014\/09\/05\/jails-arent-the-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Jails aren&#8217;t the problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As is the case in many communities, our jail is full. \u00a0(&#8220;Overcrowded&#8221; is the usual term, but how can something be &#8220;over&#8221; crowded? It&#8217;s crowded, or it&#8217;s not). \u00a0Although a study is being conducted,\u00a0the company\u00a0doing the study is an architectural firm, so it seems inevitable that a new jail will be recommended.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oldsouthhigh.com\/2014\/09\/05\/a-jail-crowding-qa-with-howard-zehr\/\">this interview<\/a> by local journalist\u00a0Andrew Jenner, I argue that building a new jail will not solve the problem. The issue\u00a0lies earlier in the system.<\/p>\n<p>-Howard<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As is the case in many communities, our jail is full. \u00a0(&#8220;Overcrowded&#8221; is the usual term, but how can something be &#8220;over&#8221; crowded? It&#8217;s crowded, or it&#8217;s not). \u00a0Although a study is being conducted,\u00a0the company\u00a0doing the study is an architectural firm, so it seems inevitable that a new jail will be recommended. In this interview....<\/p><div> <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/2014\/09\/05\/jails-arent-the-problem\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Jails aren&#8217;t the problem<\/span><svg class=\"svg-icon\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M0 0h24v24H0z\" fill=\"none\"><\/path><path d=\"M12 4l-1.41 1.41L16.17 11H4v2h12.17l-5.58 5.59L12 20l8-8z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1573"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1577,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1573\/revisions\/1577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/restorative-justice\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}