New report by the Sentencing Project: Decarceration Strategies: How 5 States Achieved Substantial Prison Population Reductions
Five Key Strategies and Practices That Reduced Prison Populations:
1. Measures to Get Justice Reforms Underway and Maintain Momentum
2. Decreased Prison Admissions via Fewer New Prison Commitments
3. Decreased Prison Admissions via Reduced Incarceration for Failure on Community Supervision
4. Increased Prison Releases via Increasing the Feasibility and/or Efficiency Of Release
5. Increased Prison Releases via Requiring Less Time Served Before Eligibility for Release