Joseph Dole is 37 years old and has been incarcerated for over 15 years. He has won numerous PEN Prison Writing Awards, and writes frequently on criminal justice and prison issues. More of his writings can be found on the website, www.realcostofprisons.org.
Joseph Dole
Articles by Joseph Dole
Tuesday June 9
Unilaterally Punitive
The United States is unique in the world for its overzealous love affair with life without parole sentences (LWOP). It is one of the few western countries to have LWOP sentences and the only country in North America to have them. Even the other western countries that do have LWOP sentences reserve them for only