Kansas policymakers "sought to employ a data-driven “justice reinvestment” approach to develop a statewide policy framework that would reduce spending on corrections and reinvest resulting savings in strategies that increase public safety" (p. 1). This report explains how three key issues and their related challenges can be addressed. Sections comprising this report include: background; summary of challenges; justice reinvestment policy framework; projected impact of policy framework-savings and reinvestment; Objective 1-Stronger Probation Supervision and four policy options; Objective 2-Successful Reentry and four policy options; and Objective 3-Safer Communities and two policy options.
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