Maya Schenwar is the editor-in-chief of Truthout. She is coauthor (with Victoria Law) of Prison by Any Other Name as well as the author of Locked Down, Locked Out and coeditor of the anthology Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect? She lives in Chicago.
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Electronic monitoring. Locked-down drug treatment centers. House arrest. Mandated psychiatric treatment. Data-driven surveillance. Extended probation. These are some of the key alternatives held up as cost-effective substitutes for jails and prisons. But ... SEE MORE