Author: Citizens Research Council of Michigan
Title: Growth in Michigan's Corrections System: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
Summary: The Michigan Department of Corrections is the largest program that the Michigan state government operates directly, accounting for nearly 20 percent of the current discretionary general fund. Corrections programs growth is a direct result of the dramatic increase in the number of inmates from 1973 to 2007, during which time the population grew 538 percent, or roughly 42,000 prisoners, to 50,000 inmates. The population growth is the product of a combination of several different factors including: increases in felony dispositions, swelling prison commitments, higher recidivism rates, and an increased average prisoner length of stay. Of these, the principal contributing factor is an increased average prisoner length of stay, which grew over 50 percent, from 28.4 months in 1981 to 43.5 months in 2005. Lower parole approval rates and specific policy changes aimed at being 'tough on crime' are the primary causes of longer prison stays.
Details: Livonia, MI: Citizens Research Council of Michigan, 2008. 37p.
Source: Report 350
Year: 2008
Country: United States
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Shelf Number: 116265
Keywords:
Correctional Institutions (Michigan)Prisons (Michigan)Prisons (Overcrowding) |
