The Release Valve: Parole in Maryland
Justice Policy Institute
Published: March 5, 2009
In the current difficult economic situation, states are searching for ways to reduce spending while maintaining safe communities. With a $68 billion prison system holding over 2.3 million people in prisons and jails across the country—with no clear public safety gains—policymakers are looking to prison systems as a place to cut budgets.
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Best Practices, Community-Based Services, Cost Savings, Criminal Justice, Fiscal Policy, Maryland, Probation/Parole, Public Safety, Racial Disparities, State & Local Policy, Treatment
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