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Author: Immarigeon, Russ

Title: Diversion Works: How Connecticut Can Downsize Prisons, Improve Public Safety and Save Money with a Comprehensive Mental Health and Substance Abuse Approach

Summary: After leading the nation in prison population reduction in 2003, Connecticut's prison population reached record high levels this year, with more than 19,800 men and women behind bars. A recent prison population forecast by the Connecticut Statistical Analysis Center indicates that, unless measures are quickly taken to bring prison population levels back under control, taxpayers are likely to be burdened with excessive and rising costs to pay for capacity expansion. This report outlines how Connecticut can save money and increase public safety through diverting people with mental health and substance abuse issues away from prison.

Details: New York: Drug Policy Alliance, 2008. 19p.

Source: A Better Way Foundation Report, Commissioned by the Drug Policy Alliance: Internet Resource: Accessed February 18, 2012 at http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/DiversionWorks.pdf

Year: 2008

Country: United States

URL: http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/DiversionWorks.pdf

Shelf Number: 124180

Keywords:
Corrections (Connecticut)
Diversion
Drug Offenders
Mentally Ill Offenders
Public Safety