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Baltimore Behind Bars: How to Reduce the Jail Population, Save Money and Improve Public Safety
Baltimore Behind Bars: How to Reduce the Jail Population, Save Money and Improve Public Safety
Publication year:
2010
| Cataloged on:
Jun. 18, 2010
ANNOTATION: Individuals looking for ideas on how their agency can reduce its own jail population will find them in this report. Sections comprising this publication are: introduction; what has changed since Maryland took over the Baltimore jail; who is in the jail; how much Maryland spends on the Baltimore jail system; what happens when someone is arrested in Baltimore; how pretrial processes and policies affect the number of people in jail; how court systems affect the number of people in jail; re-entering Baltimore City; conclusion and recommendations; appendix—Baltimore locks up the highest percentage of its population out of the top 20 largest jails in the U.S.; and glossary of terms.
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