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A pair of timely reports on state correction costs

By Douglas A. Berman

I recently received this summary of two new reports on state correction costs via e-mail from the fine folks at the Pew Center on the States: With state budgets in dire straits and corrections expenditures consuming one in 15 state general fund dollars, sentencing and prison policies are receiving special scrutiny.  New publications from the Vera Institute of Justice and the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), partners of the Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Center on the States, describe several solutions that help to contain costs while preserving or improving public safety.  Vera?s report, The Fiscal Crisis in Corrections: Rethinking Policies and Practices, reviews enacted FY2010 corrections budgets and recent state legislation...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 04, 2009 (boomark / email).