Yesterday the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that forces California to release over 30,000 prisoners in order to address prison overcrowding. Mark Kleiman sees an opportunity:
For the cost of keeping a prisoner, we could watch not only him, but several others with a combination of drug-testing (where relevant) GPS position monitoring (enabling curfews and making it hard to commit new crimes undetected), and HOPE-style sanctioning: swift, certain, and mild penalties for every violation of conditions. Less crime, less spending, fewer prisoners. What’s not to like?
Friedersdorf wonders if "the stars are aligning for the nation's largest ever early release-with-ankle-bracelet experiment."
The Dish 