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Redesigning Life in U.S. Prisons

July 2024
Series
Justice Today Podcast

The prison system in the U.S. typically places a heavy emphasis on security, control, and punishment, and this foundation can create an adversarial culture within correctional facilities — incarcerated individuals versus correctional staff. But what if that culture could change? What would it look like? How would it impact not only incarcerated individuals but also correctional officers and other staff?

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Redesigning Life in U.S. Prisons
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Redesigning Life in U.S. Prisons

Doing Prison Time

Date Published
January 2007
Publication Type
Report (Technical)
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored

State Responses to Mass Incarceration

June 2011

Researchers have devoted considerable attention to mass incarceration, specifically its magnitude, costs, and collateral consequences. In the face of economic constraints, strategies to reduce correctional populations while maintaining public safety are becoming a fiscal necessity. This panel will present strategies that states have undertaken to reduce incarceration rates while balancing taxpayer costs with ensuring public safety.

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