Jobs are the ultimate criminal justice reform

It’s tough to administer a good criminal justice system. Locking people up is one of the state’s most formidable powers: It involves political and controversial trade-offs, it’s expensive when done well, and it’s even more expensive when done poorly.

But it is in all of our interests – including fiscal responsibility, public safety and constitutional governance – to fix and improve our laws, police practices, court systems and jail, prison and re-entry programs.