John J. DiIulio, Jr., in The Brookings Review (Summer 1989), 1775 Without Walls Mass. Ave. N.w., Washington, D.C. 20036.

America's jails are bursting at the seams. Nine hundred thousand criminals were behind bars in 1987, up a third since 1983. The number on parole or probation grew even faster, reaching 2.6 million. The price tag for federal, state, and local cor- rections has soared to some $25 billion an- nually; state corrections budgets are grow- ing faster than is spending on education.
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