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.
“New Hampshire's law allowed the attorney general's office to seek reimbursement if it determined that a current inmate had sufficient assets to pay for all or part of his or her incarceration costs. Inmates who objected could request hearings, and courts were required to consider the inmate's other financial obligations.“
Concord Monitor
July 16, 2019
Read More"Senate Bill 556 would allow most alleged criminal offenders to be released by police departments on personal recognizance, unless a judge determined they were a danger to themselves or the community. The legislation would require that those accused of Class B misdemeanors be allowed no-cash, no-condition bail unless safety circumstances intervened. Supporters have hailed the bill as a comprehensive means to reduce cash bail, which they say can trap low-income people unable to post bond in jail, regardless of innocence."
Concord Monitor
May 24, 2018
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