Melissa Hickman Barlow outlined a plan for the implementation of sustainable justice. Barlow defined sustainable justice as "criminal laws and criminal justice institutions, policies, and practices that achieve justice in the present without compromising the ability of future generations to have the benefits of a just society."16 Barlow's call for affordable justice, based on principles and operating practices that can be carried into the future without bankrupting generations yet to come, represents an important turning point in our nation's approach to corrections and other justice institutions. Was Barlow's ideas Idealistic? Is her ideas in line with our current system of justice?