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New proposals from CSG's Justice Center for how Michigan can cut correction costs

By Douglas A. Berman

As some readers may know, The Council of State Governments has a Justice Center project called "Justice Reinvestment" (website here), which produces for states a set of reports and analyses of the fiscal and public safety impact of criminal justice policies.  As detailed in this new piece from the Detroit Free Press and in this official press release, this project has just produced a bunch of new materials for the good folks of Michigan.  The newspaper article is headlined, "Study: Michigan could save millions with early release: Yearlong analysis cites high costs, harsh punishments," and here are excerpts: The State of Michigan could save $262 million in prison costs by 2015 by bringing parole policies in line with other states ? and releasing thousands of prisoners earlier ? according to a yearlong analysis of crime and punishment conducted by national policy center...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 22, 2009 (boomark / email).