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Rhode Island

Ganging Up on Gangs

NCJ Number
211812
Date Published
1999
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.