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2011
Los Angeles County Jail Overcrowding Reduction Project: Final Report: Revised
Issues related to overcrowding in jails have reached a level of critical concern. Findings and recommendations for dealing with overcrowding are presented. “This information provides the County [of Los Angeles] with a good basis for tackling some of ... Read More
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2010
For Immediate Release: How to Safely Reduce Prison Populations and Support People Returning to Their Communities
Agencies wanting to cut costs by reducing their inmate population need to at this report. This report has sections covering: there is no clear correlation between length of prison stay and rates of recidivism; parole can be used to safely reduce pris... Read More
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2010
Baltimore Behind Bars: How to Reduce the Jail Population, Save Money and Improve Public Safety
Individuals looking for ideas on how their agency can reduce its own jail population will find them in this report. Sections comprising this publication are: introduction; what has changed since Maryland took over the Baltimore jail; who is in the j... Read More
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2008
PFO Law Reform, A Crucial First Step Toward Sentencing Sanity in Kentucky
The need to reform Kentucky's persistent felony law (PFO) in order to reduce overcrowding in the state's prisons and jails is explained. Sections of this article are: introduction; philosophy, purpose, and reality; Kentucky's 1974 PFO (persistent fe... Read More
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2006 NIC Publication
Proceedings of the Large Jail Network Meeting - January 2006
Contents of these proceedings are: meeting highlights; Report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics by Allen Beck; Discussion: PREA in Local Jails; Statistical Analysis: Crowding, Life Safety, and Managing Staff by Patrick Jablonski and Scott Bradste... Read More
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2002 NIC Publication
Preventing Jail Crowding: A Practical Guide
An explanation on how to use the jail population analysis formula is offered. This paper looks at: the sources of jail crowding; the dynamics that create changes in jail occupancy levels; swings in jail occupancy levels; a jail population analysis sy... Read More
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