Puerto Rico — State and Local Issues — Galsworthy Criminal Justice Reform Program

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.

'This is human trafficking': After Maria, Puerto Rico to move 3,200 inmates to Arizona

"Nestled away in the 200-page document was a policy to offshore around a third of Puerto Rico’s prison population – 3,200 inmates – to private facilities thousands of miles away within the US. The board claim the policy will help to save close to $400m over four years. The government insists it will be voluntary. But advocates describe it as a disaster waiting to happen."

The Guardian

August 7, 2018

Mass Incarceration, PersonalismAnthony BradleyAugust 9, 2018The Guardian, Puerto Rico, Arizona

State and Local Issues

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