Georgia O'Keeffe's Paintbox

Page I did last night while watching "The Brain Fitness Program" on PBS (which was basically an infomercial-grrr!)
The page above-There was a news report on the cutting of funding for various LA Programs (parks, libraries, schools, etc...) and how there was a supposed rise in gang violence. So, the city's brilliant idea of solving the gang problem is to cut back on social programs and increase the numbers of the police force. There was a report that came out yesterday that the U.S. has the highest prison population in the world. 1 in every 100 Americans is in jail even though the rate of violent crimes has decreased. More than 2.3 million Americans are behind bars. Yup, and let's continue to cut back on federal programs and see what happens. *sigh*

Update: March 3, 2008:
Andrew reminded me of PrisonsFoundation.org/ , an organization that promotes arts and education in prison and alternatives to incarceration. Noted author and historian Howard Zinn is one of the board members.