For Immediate Release: How to Safely Reduce Prison Populations and Support People Returning to Their Communities
Justice Policy Institute
Published: June 2, 2010
The current economic situation is causing many states to face difficult budget choices. Policymakers across the country are realizing that the expense of incarcerating so many people—states spent $52 billion on corrections in FY2008—is reducing resources available for investments in social structures, like education and healthcare. As a result, many states are developing new and innovative ways to trim their prison populations, reduce the likelihood that a released person will commit a new offense and lower revocation rates so fewer people return to prison once released.
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Community-Based Services, Cost Savings, Crime, Criminal Justice, Factsheet, Positive Social Investments, Prison Population, Probation/Parole
Posted in Criminal Justice (Adult)