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1. www.law.com › thelegalintelligencer › 2024/05/20Embracing a Rehabilitative Approach: Reshaping Our Criminal ...

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   6 days ago · While the American system grapples with issues of mass incarceration, high recidivism rates, and a focus on punishment rather than rehabilitation, other nations have pioneered approaches that ...

2. www.prisonpolicy.org › research › economics_ofEconomics of Incarceration | Prison Policy Initiative

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   3 days ago · It costs local governments nationwide: $13.6 billion.”. Following the Money of Mass Incarceration Prison Policy Initiative, January, 2017 “In this first-of-its-kind report, we find that the system of mass incarceration costs the government and families of justice-involved people at least $182 billion every year.”.

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4. www.sentencingproject.org › reports › massMass Incarceration Trends – The Sentencing Project

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   5 days ago · In 1972, the imprisonment rate was 93 per 100,000 people. 11 The prison expansion that commenced in 1973 reached its peak in 2009, achieving a seven-fold increase over the intervening years. Between 1985 and 1995 alone, the total prison population grew an average of eight percent annually. And between 1990 and 1995, all states, with the ...

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5. wjla.com › news › localThe ROAD Act: New legislation aims to reduce juvenile ... - WJLA

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   5 days ago · District Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb plans to announce a new public safety legislation from the Office of the Attorney General.

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   • The Evolving Landscape of Crime and Incarceration Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, April, 2018 (This report shows that a 67 percent majority agrees that "building more jails and prisons to keep more people in jail does not reduce crime," including 61 percent of rural Americans.)

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   Do Medicaid expansions reduce crime?

   • Access to Health Care and Criminal Behavior: Short-Run Evidence from the ACA Medicaid Expansions Jacob Vogler, September, 2017 (This research article indicates that state Medicaid expansions have resulted in significant decreases in annual crime by 3.2 percent.)

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   Does incarceration increase recidivism?

   • Incarceration and Credit-Driven Crime Cycles Abhay Aneja and Carlos Avenancio-Leon, February, 2019 “Incarceration significantly reduces access to credit, and that in turn leads to substantial increases in recidivism, creating a perverse feedback loop.”

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7. www.fwd.us › news › turning-the-tide-on-massTurning the Tide on Mass Incarceration - Fwd.us

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   May 15, 2024 · The total number of people incarcerated has dropped 21 percent since the 2008 peak of almost 2.4 million people, representing over 500,000 fewer people behind bars in 2022. Absent reforms, more than 40 million more people would have been admitted to prison and jail over this period. The number of people on probation and parole supervision has ...

8. www.wusa9.com › article › newsDYRS reforms at the heart of new legislation introduced by DC ...

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   4 days ago · 64°. DC Attorney General Brian Schwalb announces new legislation focused on youth crime. Share. Watch on. Attorney General Brian Schwalb introduced the ROAD Act Tuesday. Here's a look at what it ...

9. www.sentencingproject.org › advocacyAdvocacy – The Sentencing Project

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   May 10, 2024 · The United States is the world’s leader in incarceration. Get the facts and statistics on trends in U.S. incarceration. U.S. Criminal Justice Data. View state-level data to provide a snapshot of key indicators of mass incarceration's impact in the United States. Detailed Data Tool