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1 results foundAuthor: Raghavan, Priya Title: Criminal Justice Solutions: Model State Legislation Summary: America's criminal justice system is in crisis. It is both inequitable, placing a disproportionate burden on communities of color, and extremely expensive, costing $270 billion a year. What's more, our current approach is not necessary to protect public safety. Research conclusively shows that high levels of imprisonment are simply not necessary to protect communities. The Brennan Center has found that around 40 percent of America's prison population is incarcerated with little public safety justification - in other words, they are behind bars unnecessarily. Understandably, voters across the political spectrum have lost faith in the fair administration of justice, and the urgency of criminal justice reform continues to be a rare point of bipartisan agreement. Despite this voter consensus - and with some notable exceptions - policymakers generally have been slow to respond. This report offers state lawmakers model legislation based on smart, bold policy solutions that would keep crime low while reducing mass incarceration. These model bills are based on the policy solutions put forth in our March 2018 publication Criminal Justice: An Election Agenda for Candidates, Activists, and Legislators ("Criminal Justice Agenda"). More background on the impact and motivation for these policies can be found in that report. This report provides the blueprint to make those policy solutions achievable. In some cases, the report spotlights robust and useful examples of state legislation already introduced or in effect. In others, the Brennan Center created original model legislation that can be easily adapted to the needs of different jurisdictions. Notably, if every state passed the Alternative to Prison Act and the Proportional Sentencing Act, two new and original policy proposals, the national prison population could safely be reduced by nearly 40 percent. Details: New York: New York University School of Law, Brennan Center of Justice, 2018. 40p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed June 8, 2019 at: https://www.brennancenter.org/publication/criminal-justice-solutions-model-state-legislation Year: 2018 Country: United States URL: https://www.brennancenter.org/sites/default/files/publications/1.02.19%20Model%20Leg_FINAL.pdf Shelf Number: 156220 Keywords: Crime Rates Imprisonment Incarceration Legislation Mass Incarceration Policy Solutions Prison Population Public Safety State Lawmakers |