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State and Local Issues

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.

ACLU report notes new RI laws led to 'unnecessary incarceration'

“The American Civil Liberties Union of Rhode Island said lawmakers got it wrong when it comes to some new prison sentences. More than two dozen laws that go into effect in January either create new crimes or increase prison sentences, according to the organization. The report says lawmakers tend to be overzealous in creating new laws and that the result is contributing to unnecessary incarceration.“

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December 18, 2018

OvercriminalizationPhillip ReevesDecember 18, 2018NBC 10 Rhode Island, Rhode Island, ACLUComment

State and Local Issues

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