And even accepting a certain failure rate, by nearly any measure such "prisons without bars" would represent a giant step forward for justice, criminal rehabilitation, and society.

New Orleans had the highest crime rate of any U.S. city last year, with 209 murders and more than 19,000 reported criminal incidents, CQ Press reported on Monday in an annual ranking.

While, now the status of criminal defence in our country is not very optimistic and there's a big gap no matter on the defence rate or quality comparing with the foreign.