Changing Direction? State Sentencing Reforms 2004-2006
Contributing Organization(s): Sentencing Project
Author(s)/Creator(s): Ryan S. King
Publishing Date: 2007-03-01
Issue Areas: Crime and Safety; Government Reform; Prison Reform
Ownership/Rights Info: Copyright 2007 by The Sentencing Project. Reproduction of this document in full or part in print or electronic format only by permission of The Sentencing Project.
File info: 3 pages; 62.3 KB file size
"Changing Direction? State Sentencing Reforms 2004-2006" finds that at least 22 states have enacted sentencing reforms in the past three years. The report further identifies that the most popular approach for reducing prison crowding -- implemented by 13 states -- was the diversion of low-level drug offenders from prison to drug treatment programs.
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