With more than two million Americans behind bars, the majority repeat offenders, a closer look is needed inside our prisons. Freedom found an increasing reliance on drug treatments proven to worsen anti-social behavior in a system turning out more and more unrehabilitated offenders — at times with deadly consequences.
FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK A Step Toward Real Solutions
COVER REPORT Why Have Our Prisons Entered A Deadly Spiral? The deadly cost of a failure to rehabilitate The Peril and Tragedy of Drug “Solutions” The aftermath of “Happy Town” Debunking the Myth
INTERNATIONAL NEWS Drug Addiction and AIDS: a World Crisis
SPECIAL REPORT A Public Backlash
SOCIETY CRIMINON Criminal Rehabilitation Program The Criminon Program Drug Rehabilitation Facility Opens New Doors
HUMAN RIGHTS Seeds of Prejudice Condemned
PROFILE Kenneth Gamble
BOOK REVIEW Science in Question in Darkness in El Dorado
ARTICLE BY L. RON HUBBARD Religious Influence in Society
