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NH: Prison population could shrink by 20% in 5 years if state paid for mental health treatment, housing and jobs to cut recidivism limit prison time for people with nonviolent convictions

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Tuesday, January 26, 2010 Study on prison populations draws praise By KEVIN LANDRIGAN CONCORD ? The State Prison population would shrink nearly 20 percent in five years if the state paid for mental health treatment and more intense supervision of high-risk offenders while letting nonviolent offenders get out of jail earlier and face shorter supervision than they do now, a state report finds. Judges, prosecutors, key state legislators and correction professionals overseeing a three-year study on prison recidivism Monday praised the findings of the Council of State Governments Justice Center?s report. ?These options would change how we think about the size of prison we need to build for offenders in this state,? said Senate President Sylvia Larsen, D-Concord...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 28, 2010 (boomark / email).