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"The State of Sentencing 2010: Developments in Policy and Practice"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the title of this new report from the folks at The Sentencing Project.  Here is how it begins: Today, 7.2 million men and women are under correctional supervision. Of this total, five million are monitored in the community on probation or parole and 2.3 million are incarcerated in prisons or jails.  As a result the nation maintains the highest rate of incarceration in the world at 743 per 100,000 population. The scale of the correctional population results from a mix of crime rates and legislative and administrative policies that vary by state.  In recent years, lawmakers have struggled to find the resources to maintain state correctional systems; 46 states are facing budget deficits in the current fiscal year, a situation that is likely to continue, according to the National Governors Association...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 17, 2011 (boomark / email).