John J. Sloss

Arizona, like many other states, currently has an overcrowded prison population. Recently, a panel of federal judges ordered the State of California to reduce its prison population by approximately 27% (a reduction of 40,000 out of 150,000 inmates).
The California legislature is now working on a bill to reduce the prison population. This bill also contains [...]

States throughout the nation, including Arizona have experienced a tremendous increase in prison population, as a result of adopting a “Truth in Sentencing” type criminal code. With this increase, due to budgetary restraints, we have seen a decrease in available programming within the prison systems. While punishment is one factor that should determine [...]