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Study shows that denying prisoners parole does little to reduce crime

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

August 26, 2009 Study: Late parole is no deterrent Karen Bouffard / Detroit News Lansing Bureau Lansing -- Keeping inmates in prison past their earliest parole dates does little to reduce crime, according to a study released today by a Michigan public policy group. The findings come as Michigan plans to parole 3,000 more felons this year than in previous years to curb rising prison costs. The study by the nonprofit Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending followed for four years 76,721 Michigan prisoners released for the first time between 1986 and 1999 to determine whether they came back to prison for a new crime or parole violation. Researchers concluded that denying parole when prisoners first become eligible does very little to reduce crime rates...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 01, 2009 (boomark / email).