Mukasey Feeds the Prison Binge

by Stuart Taylor Jr

Sat. Mar. 8, 2008


Attorney General Michael Mukasey has in most ways been a vast improvement over his predecessor, Alberto Gonzales. But at a time when an unprecedented one in 100 American adults is behind bars -- including one in nine black men between the ages of 20 and 34 -- he has so far been a big disappointment to those hoping for a change in the lock-'em-up-and-throw-away-the-key policies on nonviolent drug offenders.

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