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: Sentencing Law and Policy"America's Jail Crisis"
By Douglas A. Berman
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The title of this post is the headline of this effective new piece in Forbes. Here are excerpts:
Amid budget crises, falling tax revenue and national unemployment approaching 10%, jails ? usually city- or county-run holding facilities for those serving short sentences or awaiting trial ? saw their populations grow nearly twice as fast as state and federal prison populations during the first half of the decade, according to a 2008 report by the Justice Policy Institute. The report says that lo read more
Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on July 13, 2009 (boomark / email).
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