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...Pew Charitable Trusts © The Ohio State University Public Safety, Public Spending: Forecasting America s Prison Population 2007-2011 PUBLIC SAFETY PERFORMANCE PROJECT OF THE PEW CHARITABLE TRUSTS* February 2007 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY After a 700-percent increase in the U.S. prison population between...

..., and to receive longer sentences than comparable defendants released pending trial. Despite these negative impacts and despite an effective system of pretrial supervision, rates of pretrial detention in the federal system remain high, which impacts the overall federal prison population. This article explores...

...Gerald G. Gaes; Julia Laskorunsky © The Ohio State University The Relationship Between Sentence Length, Time Served, and State Prison Population Levels GERALD G. GAES Criminal Justice Consultant, Robina Institute of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice JULIA LASKORUNSKY Research Scholar, Robina...

...Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office © The Ohio State University District Attorney Krasner Urges Swift Action to Safely Reduce Prison Population to Prevent Coronavirus Outbreak PHILADELPHIA DISTRICT ATTORNEY S OFFICE Philadelphia, PA March 19, 2020 District Attorney Larry Krasner...

...Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Justice © The Ohio State University The Impact of an Aging Inmate Population on the Federal Bureau of Prisons BACKGROUND general population, they appear to be older than their actual age. OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL, U.S. DEPARTMENT...

...The Osborne Association © The Ohio State University The High Costs of Low Risk: The Crisis of America s Aging Prison Population Part II: The Impact We have now reached what Fordham University Professor Tina Maschi calls a critical omega point, 1 in which both the sheer number...

...Dennis Schrantz © The Ohio State University What Works to Reduce Crime, Recidivism, and Prison Populations? Seven Lessons Learned in Michigan DENNIS SCHRANTZ* Executive Director, Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency, Center for Justice Innovation I. Introduction National attention has...

...Richard S. Frase; Kelly Lyn Mitchell © The Ohio State University Why Are Minnesota s Prison Populations Continuing to Rise in an Era of Decarceration? RICHARD S. FRASE Benjamin N. Berger Professor of Criminal Law, University of Minnesota Co-Director, Robina Institute of Criminal Law...

...Michael O’Hear © The Ohio State University EDITOR S OBSERVATIONS Mass Incarceration in the Heartland: Midwestern States Struggle to Tame Historically High Prison Populations MICHAEL O HEAR Professor, Marquette Law School Editor, Federal Sentencing Reporter As goes the Midwest, so goes the rest...

...William J. Sabol; Thaddeus L. Johnson © The Ohio State University The 1994 Crime Bill: Legacy and Lessons Impacts on Prison Populations Key Findings Many states already had enhanced sentences for people convicted of violent offenses by the time the 1994 Crime Bill was enacted, and few...

...Fair and Just Prosecution © The Ohio State University Elected Prosecutors Call for Dramatic Reduction in Incarcerated and Detained Populations in Response to Coronavirus Today over 30 elected prosecutors representing more than 17 million people across the country issued a joint statement...

... imprisonment is a driver of mass incarceration and that one in seven prisoners is serving life. Though all states can provide aggregate figures on populations of prisoners upon request, this information is insufficient to fully understand the life-sentenced population, including shifting dynamics within...

... quantities of powder cocaine (typically >150 kg): poor, unarmed foreign nationals detained at sea and charged under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. As an unusual type of drug courier, this boat defendant population offers an instructive window into federal sentencing because the defendants are so...

... population, and number of life-years individuals would regain by avoiding incarceration. Recidiviz calculated that if Virginia eliminated mandatory minimums for drug sales offenses only, over the next five years, it could avoid a cumulative $11.6 million in incarceration costs, give 360 years of life back...

...Jonathan Simon Abstract The movement against mass incarceration has made major strides in the past few years with politicians and the media becoming significantly less enthralled with prisons and prison populations themselves are dropping modestly. However further progress, let alone a major effort...

...Marshall L. White; William J. Sabol Abstract Unprecedented growth in the size of the U.S. jail and prison populations during the late 20 th century was accompanied by rapid increases in the size of the probation population. Probation, while intended to be an alternative to incarceration, has been...

... in the Federal Register on behalf of the BOP. The discretion granted to BOP staff to lower the prison population inadvertently brings their own job security into question and this creates a conflict of interest. Allowing for those who've been convicted of non-violent offenses to be placed in home confinement...

... accurately to Congress. Further, the Agency was created to oversee a vastly different population than the aging and medically vulnerable people under its jurisdiction now. The article recommends amending the First Step Act to allow all old law people to apply for compassionate release under the same...

...Rachel E. López Abstract The elderly prison population continues to rise along with higher rates of dementia behind bars. To maintain the detention of this elderly population, federal and state prisons are creating long-term care units, which in turn carry a heavy financial burden. Prisons are thus...

... the needs of inmates during a public health crisis. Currently, prisoner infection rates outpace those of the general, unincarcerated population by more than 150%, and prisoners are dying four times as often as prison staff who test positive. Results are far worse for elderly inmates. While COVID-19 afflicts...