Report | Corrections spending | Prison population | June 2008 By the Citizens Research Council of Michigan Today, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is the largest program that state government operates directly, accounting for nearly 20 percent ($2 billion) of the current discretionary General Fund – General Purpose budget and employing nearly one- [...]
Report | Corrections spending | Sentencing | Sentencing credits | July 2009 By the National Conference of State Legislatures Under historic budget cuts, state legislatures are looking for ways to trim corrections costs while maintaining public safety. One option is to stabilize or reduce expensive prison populations by accelerating release of lower-risk inmates who complete [...]
Report | Sentencing | Parole process | August 2011 By the National Conference of State Legislatures Sentencing policies provide the means to hold offenders accountable and reduce the likelihood that they will commit new crimes. Protecting the public is the key objective of sentencing actions, and state laws provide guidance on which offenders should receive [...]
By the ACLU’s Center on Budget and Policy Priorities An increasing number of states are considering criminal justice reforms proven to protect the public and produce significant cost savings. For example, some states are offering effective addiction treatment to more people convicted of drug-related crimes instead of incarcerating them. Other states are increasingly turning to [...]
Research | Corrections spending | Privatization | February 2012 By the American Friends Service Committee Arizona has enthusiastically embraced prison privatization, with 13% of the state prison population housed in private facilities (the 11th highest percentage in the nation). Motivated by a belief that private enterprise could build and manage prisons safely and at lower [...]
Report | Corrections spending | Reentry | Recidivism | Technology | September 2008 By the Justice Policy Institute New offender supervision strategies and technologies that can help break the cycle of recidivism. Read>> Moving Target: A Decade of Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex
Report | Aging prisoners | Corrections spending | Sentencing | Lifers | Medical costs | Parole | April 2010 By the Vera Institute As harsher policies have led to longer prison sentences, often with a limited possibility of parole, correctional facilities throughout the United States are home to a growing number of elderly adults. Because [...]
Report | Corrections spending | Investing in prevention | Sentencing | Parole | October 2010 (updated) By the Vera Institute In the 1980s, the number of people sent to prison or supervised on probation and parole in the United States began growing substantially. Not surprisingly, the overall cost of corrections increased as well. But an [...]
Report | Corrections spending | Medical care | November 2010 By the Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency This paper examines whether Michigan’s spending on correctional health care indicates a failure to manage costs. It has been written with three principal goals in mind. First, the authors seek to determine whether Michigan’s correctional health care costs are [...]
Research | Recidivism | Cost cutting | Families | November 2011 By the Minnesota Department of Corrections The Minnesota Department of Corrections recently completed a study that examined the effects of prison visitation on offender recidivism. Using an average follow-up period of nearly five years, the study evaluated the relationship between prison visitation and recidivism [...]