Corrections Community

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 concerns were/are burgeoning prison populations...

In an era of budget shortages and policy reconsiderations, the Sentencing Project has produced a summary document of state criminal justice policy reforms and legislation, The State of Sentencing 2007 : Developments in Policy and Practice. Stateline.org has further summarized the findings in a Top Story...