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• More Thinking Regarding Fiscal Woes

  Looking at a specific option to help reduce the cost of corrections in an era of historic budget cuts, the National Conference of State Legislatures has published Cutting Corrections Costs : Earned Time Policies for State Prisoners. The report reviews... Posted Aug 13 2009, 11:48 AM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Corrections Costs, Earned Time

• Examining the Fiscal Crisis in Corrections

  As states struggle with rapidly shrinking budgets, correctional policies are coming into the spotlight and correctional budgets are no longer immune to cuts. In a timely report, the Vera Institute has just released The Fiscal Crisis in Corrections : Rethinking... Posted Jul 29 2009, 02:29 PM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Corrections Costs, Policy Reform

• One in 11 Prisoners Serving Life Sentences

  A new report released by The Sentencing Project finds a record 140,610 individuals are now serving life sentences in state and federal prisons, 6,807 of whom were juveniles at the time of the crime. In addition, 29% of persons serving a life sentence... Posted Jul 23 2009, 01:41 PM by jgustfsn with Filed under: Sentencing, Corrections Costs, Public Policy

• Looking Forward to Monday

  At 11 EST, Monday, March 2, 2009, the Pew Center on the States will release a report that promises to "provide first 50-state comparison of corrections populations and costs." Here is part of what Pew says to anticipate about this report: "A... Posted Feb 25 2009, 08:55 AM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Corrections Costs, Corrections Populations

• State Sentencing and Corrections Legislation

  The National Conference of State Legislatures has published a report that examines state legislative actions during 2007, the elements that drove these actions, and the potential impact of sentencing and corrections in the near term. Principal legislative... Posted Mar 26 2008, 02:17 PM by CC Pro with Filed under: Incarceration rates, Sentencing, Corrections Reform, Public administration, Legislation, Corrections Costs

• Examining the Incarceration Policy/Funding Bind

  The Pew Center on the States has released a new report examining how states are coping with burgeoning prison populations and whether public safety is effectively being purchased with high incarceration costs. In One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008... Posted Feb 28 2008, 10:56 AM by Eileen Conway with Filed under: Incarceration rates, Corrections Reform, Corrections Costs