Incarceration is not an effective social policy

Dr Kimberly Sue is the Harm Reduction Coalition's medical director, a national advocacy group working to change U.S. policies and attitudes about drug users ' treatment. She is also a trained anthropologist from Harvard and a doctor in New York's Rikers Island jail system.

A Federal Court Rules Jail Must Give Inmate Treatment for addiction, Revoking licenses, "Incarceration is not an effective social policy," sh....