U.S. Department of Justice

Justice Reinvestment in Texas: Assessing the Impact of the 2007 Justice Reinvestment Initiative

Publication year: 2009 | Cataloged on: May. 07, 2009

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ANNOTATION: The effect of Texas' implementation of a "justice reinvestment strategy to increase public safety and reduce spending on corrections" is explained (p. 1). Sections of this bulletin include: highlights of findings; Texas's growing prison population in 2007; description of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative enacted in 2007; implementation of the Initiative; implementation status; prison population trends 2007-2009; 2009 prison population projections; actual population at calendar year end compared to projected population of January 2007 before the Initiative; and challenges faced by the Texas Legislature to maintain an effective correctional system.
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