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Great new Vera Institute report on how states are trying to balance tight budget and public safety

By Douglas A. Berman

I received via e-mail blast this afternoon this helpful heads-up about a helpful new report about state corrections practices: A report released today by the Vera Institute of Justice?s Center on Sentencing and Corrections suggests that after decades of increases in corrections spending, states are trying something new. The Continuing Fiscal Crisis in Corrections: Setting a New Course is based on a two-part investigation that sought to gauge the current status of states? corrections policies: Vera staff surveyed state officials about their planned corrections spending for fiscal year 2011 and reviewed states? recent corrections-related legislative initiatives.  The results show officials planning to spend less even as they initiate changes aimed at shoring up public safety...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 28, 2010 (boomark / email).