Perceptions change, but the American prison system continues to falter, a WSU professor said.
Faith E. Lutze, an associate professor in the department of criminal justice and criminology, spoke as part of the Common Reading lecture series. The title of Lutze’s lecture was “Perceptions of Justice: The Power of Prisons to Right a Wrong.”
“Sixty percent of our offenders will fail within three years of release,” she said. “So we might be doing something wrong.”
Lutze has researched prison life for about 25 years since she took a tour of Jackson Prison in southern Michigan. She said an experience there drastically changed her perception of the criminal justice system.