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Apr 6, 2020 · Time spent in prison can deter offenders from future crime or rehabilitate offenders by providing vocational training or wellness programs. However, incarceration can also lead to recidivism and unemployment due to human capital depreciation, exposure to hardened criminals, or societal and workplace stigma.
Mar 25, 2023 · Research suggests that prison renders many people more antisocial. That leaves rehabilitation, including behavior management courses, education and job skills training, and substance abuse...
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Jul 13, 2022 · Rethinking prison as a deterrent to future crime. Time behind bars can increase the likelihood that someone will re-offend, research finds. In many cases, programs that rehabilitate, rather than punish, may be a better solution. By Jamie Santa Cruz 07.13.2022. Support sound science and smart stories.
Apr 24, 2024 · A long-term policy goal in the U.S. must be to reduce our over-reliance on incarceration through shorter prison terms, increased reliance on community sanctions, and closing prisons.
Feb 8, 2023 · Policy Brief. Ending 50 Years of Mass Incarceration: Urgent Reform Needed to Protect Future Generations. By Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D. February 8, 2023. Fifty years since the onset of mass incarceration, and despite recent downsizing of most state prison populations, the pace of decarceration is insufficient to undo the decades of unrelenting growth.
Jan 26, 2021 · Section 1. Policy. More than two million people are currently incarcerated in the United States, including a disproportionate number of people of color. There is broad consensus that our current ...
We must move away from a policy framework that focuses on punishment as a tool for controlling risk in favor of a focus on human rights, harm reduction, and the social, political, and economic...
