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"Britain should look at other alternatives to 'mass imprisonment' to cut crime, the former head of the New York prison system has said.
Michael Jacobson, the current director of the Vera Institute of Justice, believes that methods such as community-based prevention could be an effective alternative to 'mass imprisonment'."
Cut prison numbers, advises US jail guru / Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1652588,00.html
Prison 'not a way to cut crime' / BBC News, UK
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4086496.stm
