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Government ReportsPublic Safety, Public Spending Forecasting America's Prison Population: 2007-2011 This report was prepared for the Public Safety Performance Project by the JFA Institute, a well-respected, Washington-based, nonprofit consulting firm. "After a 700% increase in the U.S. prison population, you'd think the nation would finally have run out of lawbreakers to put behind bars..." [FULL DOCUMENT - .pdf REPORT] File Size: 576kb The Little Hoover Commission has released yet another critical report concerning the operations and failures of the California prison system. "The State already has ceded control to the federal courts for prison mental health, juvenile justice and the prison health system. In December, a federal judge ordered the State to fix the overcrowding problem within six months, or face the prospect of a prison population cap," the report warns. "The State is past the point for assigning blame. The urgency of the crisis demands we look now to those who can produce a solution. That responsibility lies with the Governor and the Legislature. You have the authority and, as California's leaders, must share the duty of fixing California's failed corrections system," the Little Hoover Commission urged... [FULL DOCUMENT - .pdf REPORT] File Size: 1.81mb The special review revealed that the department has spent more than $1 billion to provide substance abuse treatment services to California inmates and parolees since 1989, but the programs have been ineffective at reducing the recidivism rates of participants... [FULL DOCUMENT - .pdf REPORT] File Size: 1.20mb In recent years, the Legislature and Governor have considered and enacted numerous laws to respond to the public's concerns with crime and the criminal justice system in California. The measures included stiffening penalties for existing criminal offenses, providing treatment for drug offenders, defining new criminal offenses, constructing new correctional facilities, providing financial assistance to law enforcement, and reorganizing the state corrections system... [FULL DOCUMENT - .pdf REPORT] File Size: 1.58mb Private prisons incarcerate 5.3 percent of the sentenced, adult population in the United States. Despite the growing use of private prisons, little systematic information has been collected to allow correctional administrators and other policymakers to gauge the general performance of the private sector. To help rectify this shortcoming, the present study presents selected results from a 1999 survey of all private prisons operating in the United States or in U.S. territories... [FULL DOCUMENT - .pdf REPORT] File Size: 288kb As required by Congress (Public Law 109-162), the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) conducted an audit of the Office of Justice Programs' (OJP) State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). The congressional mandate required the OIG to provide answers to four questions involving jurisdictions that receive SCAAP funding: [FULL DOCUMENT - .pdf REPORT] File Size: 3.66mb One of the most daunting challenges confronting our criminal justice system today is the overcrowding of our nation's prisons. The past decadehas witnessed a doubling of the number of adult offenders brought before our courts. According to one estimate, as we begin the new millennium, the nation's inmate population approaches the 2 million mark. Securing and humanely housing such a large population has placed an enormous burden on prison administrators as well as the federal, state, and local jurisdictions that must finance the institutional confinement of so many inmates... [FULL DOCUMENT - .pdf REPORT] File Size: 1.66mb The total number of prisoners under the jurisdiction of Federal or State adult correctional authorities was 1,525,924 at year end 2005. During the year the States added 21,534 prisoners and the Federal prison system added 7,290 prisoners. Overall, the Nation's prison population grew 1.9%, which was less than the average annual growth of 3.1% since year end 1995... [FULL DOCUMENT - .pdf REPORT] File Size: 367kb |
