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States' incarceration costs skyrocket.(News & Numbers)
For the first time, more than one in every 100 adults in the United States is confined in a jail or prison, according to a recent report from the Pew Center for the States, One in 100: Behind Bors in America 2008. The number has grown steadily for thirty years, costing states a combined $49 billion last year, up from $12 billion in 1987. And that cost is expected to grow to $74 billion by 2011.
The costs vary widely by state, but the average operating cost per prisoner was $23,876 hr 2005, according to the study, with Rhode Island spending the most per inmate--$44,860--and Louisiana spending the least--$13,009.
Incarceration rates continue to increase, although some states--Texas, California, New York, and Michigan--have seen a slight decline. Other states [nay be seeing reductions soon, according to the report, which cites stretched budgets and increased awareness of research-backed strategies for community corrections. States "are encouraging policy makers to diversify their states' array of criminal sanctions with options for low-risk offenders that save tax dollars but still ...
- Reducing the harm: identifying appropriate programming for low-risk...
- Magazine article from: Corrections Today Lowenkamp, Christopher T. Smith, Paula Bechtel, Kristin December 1, 2007 700+ words
...have begun to recognize that lower-risk offenders have either been referred to or court...treatment and supervision for low-risk offenders has increased this population's recidivism...the recidivism rates of the lower-risk offenders. However, the higher-risk offenders...
- Company's software can keep tabs on low-risk offenders online: public safety.
- News wire article from: Houston Chronicle (Houston, TX) Ustinova, Anastasia October 22, 2006 700+ words
...keep in touch with low-risk offenders online as he received reports...ranging from low- to high-risk offenders. Last year the state allocated $14 million to...like kiosks that allow low-risk offenders to file reports and pay fees...
- Return rate of high risk offenders cut.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire June 5, 2009 700+ words
...was directly responsible for cutting the number of high risk offenders going back to jail by almost three quarters. The report...rehabilitating offenders.aoeWorking with high to very high risk offenders is very challenging; however the Approved Premises team...
- Select few may get parole lite: Program would apply to low-risk offenders;...
- News wire article from: Sacramento Bee (Sacramento, CA) September 15, 2007 700+ words
...pilot project to discharge low-risk offenders from parole supervision if they...to have a tool to assess low-risk offenders and give parole agents the flexibility...commission," he said, "you get a state which is just not serious about...
- Programs Aims to Keep Low-Risk Offenders Out of Jail.(more options for juvenile...
- Newspaper article from: Nation's Cities Weekly Bruce, Juliet June 21, 1999 700+ words
...Juvenile Court assist in supervising youngsters while they await trial. It is a 28-day program aimed at low- and middle-risk offenders--the ones who commit property, minor person, drug-related, and lesser offenses and who are deemed eligible for release...
- Report backs sex-offender monitoring; Findings say satellite tracking is best...
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune April 21, 2005 700+ words
...represent a shift in policy by the state Department of Corrections...monitoring is best suited for high-risk offenders, including sexual predators...Smith, D-Alachua, a former state prosecutor who has helped write...legislation is to change the state monitoring policy to focus...
- Bill would tighten watch on parolees; Probation officers would take more...
- Newspaper article from: Sarasota Herald Tribune April 14, 2004 700+ words
...keep closer tabs on thousands of high-risk offenders, under reforms proposed in response...bill unanimously approved Tuesday by the state Senate Criminal Justice Committee would...disappeared. Earlier in this spring's state legislative session, lawmakers had proposed...
- High-risk offenders change addresses.
- News wire article from: Grand Forks Herald (Grand Forks, ND) July 20, 2007 700+ words
...414 Division Ave. to 2021 S. Washington St., the Ambassador Motel. He was released in August 2006 from the North Dakota State Penitentiary, where he was serving a sentence for indecent exposure. According to the North Dakota Attorney General's office...
- High-risk offenders. (recommendations on toughing criminal sentencing laws)
- Magazine article from: Canada and the World Backgrounder December 1, 1995 700+ words
Federal and provincial justice ministers are ready to get tough with repeat offenders. At a meeting in January 1995 they decided on a new strategy to keep dangerous criminals off the street. They made several recommendations, such as: * Creating a new category of "long-term offender" for a broader
- Managing high-risk offenders in prison dormitory settings.
- Magazine article from: Corrections Today Peguese, James Koppel, Robert July 1, 2003 700+ words
Almost every correctional facility across the country, be it local or state, has been faced with the problem of insufficient bed space at one time or another. For some of those facilities, there is an...
Source: HighBeam Research, States' incarceration costs skyrocket.(News & Numbers)