Oklahoma Public Safety Opinion Survey
This brief highlights findings from a public safety opinion survey showing that Oklahoma voters support public safety strategies that keep their communities safe and hold people accountable. They believe this can be achieved by focusing resources on preventing violent crime, mandatory post-incarceration supervision, and substance use treatment. Voters prefer to strengthen the system through these alternative means rather than spending money solely on incarcerating more criminals.
Arkansas policymakers have long expressed concerns about the state’s high recidivism rate. Over the past 10 years, an…
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Explainer: Key Findings and Options from Arkansas’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative
Arkansas policymakers have long expressed concerns about the state’s high recidivism rate. Over the past 10 years, an estimated 72 percent of prison admissions in the state involved people who were revoked from supervision, with unmet substance use and mental health challenges playing a significant role in these failures.
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