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Elected officials' guide to jail population management

Via Bob Cushman, here's a new publication from the National Institute of Corrections, prepared in cooperation with the National Association of Counties, to help counties better cope with jail overcowoding through more aggressive use of pretrial services:Jail Population Management: Elected County Officials' Guide to Pretrial Services (pdf)There are more than a few counties in the state that could stand for their leaders to read and implement the jail-population reduction strategies described in this short manual. Most population growth in Texas jails since 2000 has been the result of expanded pretrial detention, not more crimes being committed. I may have more to say about this document after I've had a chance to give it a read, but for now I wanted to get the link out there.continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 28, 2009 (boomark / email).