Prison Count 2010: State Population Declines for the First Time in 38 Years (2010)
The Pew Center on the States
Behind Bars II: Substance Abuse and America’s Prison Population
The National Center on Addition and Substance Abuse at Columbia University
Probation and Parole in the United States (2009)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Prisoners in 2008 (2009)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
The Fiscal Crisis in Corrections: Rethinking Policies and Practices (2009)
VERA Institute of Justice
Cutting Corrections Costs: Earned Time Policies for State Prisoners (2009)
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
One in 31 (2009)
The Pew Center on the States
Prisoners in 2007 (2008)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
One in 100: Behind Bars in America (2008)
The Pew Center on the States
Public Safety, Public Spending (2008)
The Pew Center on the States
Putting Public Safety First: 13 Strategies for Successful Supervision and Reentry
The Pew Center on the States
Reentry For Safer Communities
National Association of Counties (NACo) and Bureau of Justice Statistics
Jailing Communities: The Impact of Jail Expansion and Effective Public Safety Strategies
Justice Policy Institute
State Prison Expenditures (2001)
Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
Seven-Point Plan to End Jail Overcrowding (2006)
Prison Reform Trust
2009
Why We Must Fix Our Prisons (Senator Jim Webb, PARADE Magazine, March 2009)
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To Cut Costs, States Relax Prison Policies (The New York Times, March 2009)
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Texas Urged to Build on Prison Treatment System (Join Together, March 2009)
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Tough-on-crime laws impose a steep sentence on state budgets (State Legislatures Magazine, March 2009)
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U.S. Judges Seek Massive California Prisoner Release (NewsDaily, February 2009)
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Few Staff: Who Will Now be Housed at County Jail? (9news.com, Denver, February 2009)
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Added Space Creates Extra Cash for Jail (Argus Leader, January 2009)
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Budget Woes Prompt States to Rethink Prison Policy (San Francisco Chronicle, January 2009)
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Jail Consultants: Look at Alternatives to End Overcrowding (Pantagraph.com, January 2009)
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Mandatory Sentencing Fuels Prison Overcrowding (About.com, 2009)
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2008
Release Inmates to Ease Jail Overcrowding? (CBS News, Dec. 2008)
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My Voice: Prison, Jail No Solution to Drunken Driving (Argus Leader, December 2008)
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Cutting the Prison Rate Safely (Washington Post, March 2008)
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Jail Overcrowding a Constant Challenge (The Bloomington Alternative, January 2008)
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State Sobriety Program Credited with Reduction of Jail Populations (DUI Daily, 2008)
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Keeping Them Off the Bottle, Out of Jail (Daily Herald, 2008)
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2005
Counties Attack Problem of Jail Overcrowding (National Association of Counties, 2005)
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Professional Associations
American Corrections Association (ACA)
American Probation and Parole Association (APPA)
Federal Probation and Pretrial Officers Association (FPPOA)
National Sheriffs Association (NSA)
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Join Together
Government Organizations
Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA)
Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP)
National Institute of Justice (NIJ)
National Institute of Corrections
U.S. Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
The National Reentry Resource Center