Julian Adler, co-author of ‘Start Here,’ and Judge Victoria Pratt discuss alternatives to jail, including community service, social services and even personal essays. Adler and his co-author Greg Berman write, jails “are accelerants of human misery. If you are poor or mentally ill or struggling to keep your family together when you enter, the chances are that all of these conditions will be markedly worse when you come out.”

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews the album ‘Hive Mind’ by the band The Internet.