Because 90% of all prisoners in the United States are in state facilities, the work that states are doing to reduce their prison populations is crucial. Attempting to end mass incarceration necessitates realizing this is a situation requiring not one national solution, but fifty state solutions. Below are current state solutions that could be effectively modeled by other states for meaningful reform.
“She said with Fulton and DeKalb County jails, there was never a need for this one to be built and hold people who only violated city ordinances. Bottoms said she hopes to start transforming the space before her current term ends in 2021. She said the city has already started to assign jail staffers to other departments and some have even opted to retire.“
Georgia Public Broadcasting
May 28, 2019
Read More“In an era of both mass incarceration and rampant, divisive partisanship, Georgia has become the standard bearer for bipartisan criminal justice reform. It is critically important that our state continues its work in reducing overreliance on correctional control through strong, evidence-based policy reforms. We will be safer, stronger, and better for it.“
Atlanta Magazine
September 24, 2018
Read More"U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions on Sunday addressed the state’s prosecuting attorneys, who were gathered for their annual convention. He was not a cheerleader for the criminal justice reform that has been one of the hallmarks of Nathan Deal’s tenure as governor."
Atlanta Journal Constitution
July 23, 2018
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