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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.

Jason M. Groth: The solution to criminal justice flaws is in the data

“This blind spot is due to our lack of specific data about these intermediate steps of the criminal justice system. For example, we have no information about the racial make-up of who gets a plea deal and the types of plea deals offered. Collecting and sharing this type of information is crucial to addressing the still serious problems of mass incarceration, racial disparities, and recidivism in Utah.“

Salt Lake Tribune

August 17, 2019

State ReformsPhillip ReevesAugust 17, 2019Salt Lake Tribune, UtahComment

State and Local Issues

Galsworthy CJR Program

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