The High Cost, Low Return of Longer Prison Terms

Posted by on September 03, 2012

High Cost, Low Returns of Long Prison Terms

This Pew Trusts report examines trends in the length of prison terms by state and type of offense, factors that determine time served, outcomes of increased time served, and state policies to shorten length of stay in prisons while increasing public safety and reducing cost.

http://www.pewtrusts.org/uploadedFiles/wwwpewtrustsorg/Reports/sentencing_and_corrections/Prison_Time_Served.pdf


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