The Politics of Prisons: Location Affects Legislators’ Voting on Criminal Reform

Legislators representing rural areas with prisons are less likely to support lighter sentencing and other criminal reforms. A new study argues that’s because these rural legislators think they have an economic interest in keeping the prison business booming.

By Tim Marema

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