U.S. Department of Justice

The Extravagance of Imprisonment Revisited

Publication year: 2010 | Cataloged on: Feb. 01, 2010

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ANNOTATION: Cost savings associated with utilizing alternatives to incarceration for nonserious offenders are described. Sections following an executive summary are: introduction—incarceration trends, public support for alternatives, and a different approach; method; the alternatives—electronic monitoring, reporting programs (day reporting centers and work release programs, and drug treatment; estimated savings, prisons and jails, 2008—national, California, Florida, New York, and Texas; and summary. Nationwide, $9.7 billion could be saved using alternatives to incarceration.
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