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.
"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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