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22 - Reducing Admissions and Shortening Stays

from Part IV - The Road to Recovery

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2022

Jeffrey Bellin
Jeffrey Bellin
Affiliation:
William and Mary Law School, Virginia
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Summary

In 1970, there were approximately 200,000 people in state and federal prisons and an incarceration rate of about 96 persons per 100,000 population.1 A variety of steps will be required to get back to these numbers. The previous chapters discuss ways to shrink the pool of people caught up in the criminal justice system by reducing the scope of American criminal law and decreasing offending. This chapter discusses ways to limit the number of people incarcerated from the remaining pool of law breakers. The two basic steps are (1) decreasing the number of admissions to prison/jail and (2) reducing the time served for those who are incarcerated.

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Mass Incarceration Nation
How the United States Became Addicted to Prisons and Jails and How It Can Recover
 , pp. 184 - 193
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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