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New report from Pew on incarceration's collateral costs

By Douglas A. Berman

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As detailed in this press release, the folks at The Pew Chartiable Trusts have produced a notable new report titled "Collateral Costs: Incarceration?s Effect on Economic Mobility." The full report is available at this link, and here are highlights from the press release: Incarceration reduces former inmates? earnings by 40 percent and limits their future economic mobility, according to a new Pew report, Collateral Costs: Incarceration?s Effect on Economic Mobility. This is a growing challenge now that 1 in every 28 children in America has a parent behind bars, up from 1 in 125 just 25 years ago.... ?Pew?s past research shows a variety of factors influence economic mobility both within a person?s lifetime and across generations. This report finds that incarceration is a powerful determinant of mobility for both former inmates and their children,? said Scott Winship, research manager of the Economic Mobility Project of Pew?s Economic Policy Group...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 29, 2010 (boomark / email).