The Vera Institute’s Center on Sentencing and Corrections in partnership with the Pew Center on the States’ Public Safety Performance Project have issued a new report Realigning Justice Resources: A Review of Population and Spending Shifts in Prison and Community Corrections. The complete report can be read by clicking on the link below.
Highlights taken from the report include:
Prison
one-third of states that responded to Vera’s survey re¬ported that their prison populations generally decreased or remained steady;
two-thirds reported increases in their prison population; and
83 percent reported increases in prison expenditures, with an average increase of 6.9 percent.
However, examining only the shorter period from 2009 to 2010:
nearly two-thirds of responding states saw a decline in prison expenditures;
nearly half witnessed a decline in prison populations; and
one-third witnessed a decline in both prison population and expenditures
Community Corrections
nearly half of states that responded to Vera’s survey (46 percent) reported increases in their community corrections populations; and
three-quarters saw overall increases in spending on com¬munity corrections.
However, examining only the shorter period from 2009 to 2010:
a little more than half of responding states witnessed a decrease in their community corrections populations; and
nearly two-thirds of states reported decreases in community corrections spending.
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