Cutting Corrections Costs: Earned Time Policies for State Prisoners
Publication year:
2009
| Cataloged on:
Sep. 03, 2009
ANNOTATION: The use of "earned time" to "reduce the costs of incarceration and help offenders succeed when they return to the community" is examined (p. 1) Topics discussed include: types of earned time -- most common are education participation and work; quantities of work time; public safety and cost savings; recent expansion of earned time policies; expanding earned time pays off in Washington; reducing recidivism in Kansas; and incentive credits in Pennsylvania.