To Renew America: on Crime

Prisoners should work and study; not have gyms

Prison in its current form is more an inconvenience than a deterrent. We should eliminate all weight and muscle-building rooms and break down the cult of macho behavior in prison. Prisoners should be learning job skills and doing penance. We must reclaim the prisons just as we must reclaim the streets.

They key is to focus our attention on violent people and not be drawn off into emotionally satisfying detours that harass the honest citizen but have no impact on crime.