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.
“There are dozens of unusual laws like that across North Carolina. Recently, Governor Roy Cooper signed Senate Bill 584 into law. It forces local governments to identify certain laws that aren't current or realistic.“
WSOC North Carolina
September 2, 2019
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