Can the justice system rehabilitate people with serious mental illness

Prison Inmates-9 Prior Arrests-4 Million Total Arrests-42 Percent Had 5-10 Incarcerations

  Highlights The 369,200 persons admitted to state prison in 34 states had an estimated 4.2 million prior arrests. Persons admitted to state prison had…

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Prison Recidivism

The Mostly Violent Prison Population Decreased Every Year Since 2013

Highlights The U.S. prison population was 1,204,300 at yearend 2021, a 25% decrease from 2011 (1,599,000). Per the Bureau Of Justice Statistics, 58% of all…

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World Incarceration Rises By 25 Percent

Let The Public Decide The Appropriateness And Length of Prison Sentences

Highlights Does the public support incarceration for violent or repeat criminal victimizations? Let the public in each state decide the appropriateness of prison sentences and…

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Female Correctional Officers And Inmate Sexual-Personal Relations-The Casey White Escape

Highlights Can the Vicky White-Casey White escape case provide insight as to why correctional officers are compromised? Data from the US Department of Justice states…

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40% Decrease In Prison Admissions in 2020-Impact On Growing Violence

Highlights The correlation between new criminality and incarceration (or lack of incarceration) seems strong based on rapidly rising violence. The imprisonment rate for 2020 represented…

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Does The US Have The Highest Rates Of Crime And Incarceration?

Highlights Does the US have the highest rates of crime and incarceration? Incarceration numbers going up in other countries while it’s declining in the United…

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DOJ-Massive Rearrests After Prison-Long Sentences Means Less Crime

Highlights Released prisoners who served less time had higher arrest rates. During the five-year follow-up period, an estimated 1.1 million arrests occurred among the approximately…

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Most Prisoners Serve Less Than Two Years-Violent Serve Less Than Three

Highlights An overview of time served in prison from the US Department of Justice. Most offenders are out of prison in less than two years.…

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The US Correctional Population Reaches A 19 Year Low-Why?

Highlights There is a 19-year low in the number of persons under the supervision of adult correctional systems. The correctional population between 2008 and 2018…

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Federal Research-Long Prison Sentences Significantly Reduce Crime And Recidivism

Highlights In the two models with the larger sample sizes, offenders incarcerated for more than 120 months were approximately 30 percent less likely to recidivate.…

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