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New Report On Bipartisan Approaches To Reducing Crime, Recidivism, and Corrections Cost By Council of State Governments Justice Center

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Congressman Wolf Announces New Report On Bipartisan Approaches To Reducing Crime, Recidivism, and Corrections Cost By Council of State Governments Justice Center Published: 02/08/2011 Washington, D.C.?Congressman Frank Wolf (R-VA) was joined by Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today to highlight the challenges facing the nation's corrections and criminal justice system and to unveil a new report from the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center offering proven strategies to increase public safety, reduce recidivism and save taxpayer dollars. As states are forced to bring spending in line with revenue, spending on corrections?one of the fastest growing line items in state budgets, totaling more than $50 billion annually?is also being scaled back...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 09, 2011 (boomark / email).