This video white paper explores the current state of American prisons and delivers alarming statistics about overcrowding, special populations, skyrocketing costs and recidivism. Prison population of the United States is the highest in the world, 759 per 100,000 people, costing American taxpayers $68 billion a year.

A brief historical summary about the psychological causes of criminality includes discussion of the merits of biological, development, environmental and cognitive models, focusing on Sutherland's "Differential Association" theory that has stood the test of time. Classic functions of incarceration and their rationale are covered: incapacitation, deterrence, retribution and rehabilitation. Modern psychologists such as Stanton Samenow depict how criminal behavior follows errant thinking and in order to reform a criminal, he must be "habilitated". Workable solutions backed by scientific research provide a blueprint for future corrections thinking.