Presents a collection of essays that debate a variety of issues on the subject of prisons.

Do prisons help society? -- Prisons are beneficial to society / David Muhlhausen -- Prisons are not beneficial to society / Jeffrey Ian Ross -- Prisons keep criminals off the streets / Robert Whelan -- Prisons are filled with people who don't belong there / Jamie Fellner -- Faith-based prisons are beneficial to society / Rob Moll -- Faith-based prisons should be illegal / Rob Boston -- How should inmates be treated? -- Prisons should use inmate labor / Rob Atkinson and Knut A. Rostad -- Prisons should not use inmate labor / Kathy Kelly -- Prisoner health care is inadequate / James Sterngold -- Prisoner health care is too generous / Michael Crowley -- What role should prisons play in the war on terror? -- The military prison at Guantanamo Bay should be closed / Bill Press -- The military prison at Guantanamo Bay should stay open / Michelle Malkin -- The use of international prisons helps fight terrorism / Condoleezza Rice -- The use of international prisons is illegal / Jennifer Van Bergen -- The United States tortures its political prisoners / Eliza Griswold -- The United States does not torture its political prisoners / Byron York.