Now This News — Rural Jail and Prison Growth — Galsworthy Criminal Justice Reform Program

Rural Jail and Prison Growth

One of the most confounding recent trends in the criminal justice system is the disproportional increase in incarceration in rural areas. The main motivating factors of this trend have yet to be uncovered in their totality. This page seeks to explore the potential driving forces behind this pattern, along with highlighting the rural counties which are fighting this concerning, recent trend.

Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins Drops Serious Knowledge About Mass Incarceration

"In 2005, Tompkins began a program called the CHOICE program where officers were sent into schools to talk to kids about criminality, bullying, and making wise choices. The program was created in the hopes of interrupting the cycle of people going into the Department of Youth Services, then graduating to a high form of penal incarceration. He also helps rehabilitate a select group of inmates by offering them services to get an education/succeed in a vocational career."

Now This News

August 21, 2018

Mass Incarceration, Pre-trial InterventionAnthony BradleyAugust 22, 2018Now This News, Suffolk County, Boston, Steven Tompkins

Rural Jail and Prison Growth

Galsworthy CJR Program

Info