Victoria Law is a freelance journalist and coauthor (with Maya Schenwar) of Prison by Any Other Name as well as the author of Resistance Behind Bars and coeditor of Don't Leave Your Friends Behind. She is a cofounder of NYC Books Through Bars and lives in New York.
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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