Law Practice
Jul. 12, 2008
Tolstoy's 'Ivan Ilyich' Foreshadowed Our Own Incarceration Frenzy
More than a century before America began incarcerating a huge share of its adult population, Leo Tolstoy looked upon chained prisoners destined for Siberia, often amazed by the triviality of their offenses.
Robert L. Bastian Jr.
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During our generation, with little fanfare, America began incarcerating a share of its population at a rate beyond any historical precedent. At over 1 percent of the adult population currently incarcerated, America - land of the free - easily surpasses both the authoritarian and totalitarian countries from which it formerly tried to distinguish itself. Quietly, in institutions deliberately built in remote areas, in both solitary and remarkably overcrowded conditions, with restricted fl...
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