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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.

N.J. Congresswoman: 10 things we need to do to fix U.S. prison problem

“The Reverse Mass Incarceration Act would reward states that reduce rates of incarceration without seeing spikes in crime. Kalief's Law would provide pre- and post-release mental health screenings and social services to individuals who are incarcerated. And my own End For-Profit Prisons Act would phase out existing contracts with private prison companies“

New Jersey Star Ledger

September 9, 2018

Mass IncarcerationPhillip ReevesSeptember 9, 2018New Jersey Star LedgerComment

State and Local Issues

Galsworthy CJR Program

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