Transcription of WHAT IS CAUSING PRISON OVERCROWDING
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WHAT IS CAUSING PRISON OVERCROWDING
what IS CAUSING PRISON OVERCROWDING ? FINDINGS. Continued increase in the number of offenders sent to PRISON High recidivism rate High rate of offenders returned to PRISON for violating or unsuccessfully completing community supervision New criminal offenses added to penal code "War on drugs". Harsher penalties for certain types of offenses Increased role of victim and victim advocacy in the court and parole process Convicted inmates serving a greater portion of their sentences in PRISON Shift from indeterminate to determinate sentencing caused average minimum sentences to increase Elimination of "good time". "Truth in sentencing" established time-served standards for parole eligibility and required 100. percent of court-imposed sentence be served either in PRISON or on parole Aggressive "tough on crime" approach by legislature and criminal justice system Allows criminal justice system to narrow its use of discretion and take more conservative and less controversial approach to punishment General Assembly has increasingly supported more punitive response to crime Makes alternative, diversionary, and intermediate sanctions less appealing; viewed as "soft on crime".
community corrections strategy through the development of a collaborative planning and resource allocation process; • enhance efficiency and effectiveness of criminal sentencing by improving the organizational capacity of the criminal justice system; and • raise victim and public awareness of the safety and rehabilitative value of community
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