From Pew Center on the States:
The vast majority of these offenders live in the community, yet new data in the report finds that nearly 90 percent of state corrections dollars are spent on prisons. One in 31: The Long Reach of American Corrections examines the scale and cost of prison, jail, probation and parole in each of the 50 states, and provides a blueprint for states to cut both crime and spending by reallocating prison expenses to fund stronger supervision of the large number of offenders in the community.
Read more of the Pew findings at the link below:One in 31 U.S. Adults are Behind Bars, on Parole or Probation
2 comments:
Here we are in a Police State concerned over the culture we are experiencing. Culture ? yes Prison Culture, no language barriers, cursing, vulgarity, and perversion all exceptable in prison where the only law is the law of the Jungle. the problem They, Them, We all get released back into society. Where we bring all the talents we have learned. what changes should be made, the Justice Dept. needs to define mental illness more thoroughly and treat mental illness not punish it, we are making our citizens cruel and vicious.
your exactly the fuel that the jails need. R.I.P. G.O.P. Thanks to the Bush recession. Hypocrites It's ur fault no matter how u look at it and spin the situation.
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