States Lead in Reducing Mass Incarceration
May 31, 2016
5/31/16 – Efforts by some states to reduce their incarceration rates reveal lessons that may help policymakers in other state and federal jurisdicitons reach this aim, analysts who have studied justice reform said in Issues. Indeed, a new report described in a New York Times editorial shows that states, which house nine in 10 inmates nationwide, are leading the way in sentencing and corrections innovation.