Prison reform: Congress gets tough

Article Abstract:

The Philadelphia district attorney's office was opposed to a court-imposed limit to prison population and helped write and lobbied for the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PLRA). The Act set strict limits on judges' powers to release criminals on grounds of overcrowding, but prison-reform activists objected mainly to provisions in the PLRA aimed at limiting prisoner lawsuits in federal court.

Powers and duties, United States. Congress, Prison reform, Prison overcrowding

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Consumer safety: Cutting corners: a great American tradition

Article Abstract:

The compromise of product safety and quality by China in its quest to increase exports is similar to the export practices of 19th-century America.

China, Government domestic functions, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Consumer Protection Laws, Consumer protection, Social policy, Product safety, 19th century AD

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