Author: Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending
Title: Denying Parole at First Eligibility: How Much Public Safety Does It Actually Buy? A Study of Prisoner Release and Recidivism in Michigan
Summary: This report examined 76,721 cases of Michigan prisoners sentenced to indeterminate terms after 1981 and released for the first time from 1986 through 1999. The report answers two questions: (1) Does continuing to incarcerate people who have served their minimum sentences actually improve public safety and, if so, to what extent and at what cost?; (2) Specifically, does denying parole at the minimum only to release a person a year or two thereafter have a substantial impact on re-offense rates?
Details: Lansing, MI: Citizens Alliance on Prisons and Public Spending, 2009. 74p.
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Year: 2009
Country: United States
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Shelf Number: 116251
Keywords:
Parole (Michigan)Prisoners (Michigan)Recidivism |
