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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.

Is Florida's $2.4 billion criminal justice system due for an overhaul?

“Florida will take up a bill that would make similar changes at the state level. Florida’s First Step Act would authorize judges to depart from mandatory minimum sentences in some drug trafficking cases. It would instruct the Department of Corrections to place offenders in prisons within 300 miles of their residence, a measure intended to ease the burden on families visiting inmates.“

South Florida Sun Sentinel

March 21, 2019

State ReformsPhillip ReevesMarch 21, 2019South Florida Sun Sentinel, FloridaComment

State and Local Issues

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