Third Presentation to the Washington Justice Reinvestment Taskforce
This is a presentation of final analyses delivered to the Washington State Justice Reinvestment Taskforce on October 15, 2014. The presentation includes how the state’s sentencing guidelines structure incapacitation; information on supervision and the sentencing alternatives in use in the state; and effective strategies to reduce a person’s risk of reoffending.
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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