Length of stay

Harsh sentencing rules cost millions without cutting crime

Detroit Free Press editorial Michigan legislators and taxpayers looking to save hundreds of millions of dollars in corrections costs should check out the Pew Center report ("Time Served: The High Cost, Low Return of Longer Prison Terms") that shows Michigan prisoners released in 2009 led the nation in average time served. Policies that would shave [...]

Kate McCracken2018-04-11T17:02:52-04:00July 3rd, 2012|Categories: Media, Other, Publication author, Publication Type, Resources, Sentencing, Topic, Topics|Tags: Corrections spending, Length of stay|

Michigan prison costs far exceed benchmarks; that should change

By Laura Sager, associate director, Citizens Alliance on Prisons & Public Spending, guest column, Bridge Magazine Michigan taxpayers spend hundreds of millions of dollars more on prisons than public safety requires. How? By keeping people locked up far longer than we used to, than other states do and than is necessary to prevent recidivism. Every [...]

Kate McCracken2018-04-12T12:15:52-04:00June 14th, 2012|Categories: Corrections budget, Media, Other, Parole, Publication author, Publication Type, Resources, Topic, Topics|Tags: Corrections spending, Length of stay, Parole|