What problems do America's prisons face? The new Jim Crow / Too many prison inmates? It's not so simple / The prison system is broken because of the war on drugs / The scariest explanation for America's vast prison population : we want it that way / The private prison system is dysfunctional and cruel / Private prisons are beneficial / Who is in America's prisons? African Americans are overrepresented in prisons / The African American incarceration rate is the result of African American crime / Female prisoners should receive gender-specific attention / We should stop putting women in jail. For anything / The juvenile detention system is broken / Juvenile detention can be effective / Are prisoners treated humanely? Solitary confinement is torture-- and morally wrong / Yes, some inmates still deserve solitary confinement / Food as punishment : giving U.S. inmates 'the loaf' persists / Prisoner disenfranchisement is wrong and dangerous / Prisoner disenfranchisement should not be abandoned / Do prison alternatives work? Drug courts are not a good alternative for drug offenders / Drug courts are a good alternative for drug offenders / Electronic monitoring is an effective alternative to incarceration / Electronic monitoring is not an effective alternative to incarceration / Public shaming is a good substitute for imprisonment / Public shaming is not a good substitute for imprisonment