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Probation

The Greening of Probation

NCJ Number
228693
Date Published
October 2009
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description

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.