Factors Impacting Prison Overcrowding
Report - Final

Table of Contents

Digest

Keypoints

Introduction

Chapter One   Overview of Sentencing Reforms and Practices
Chapter Two   Correction System Capacity
Chapter Three   Offender Population and Sentencing Trends
Chapter Four   Causes of Prison Overcrowding
Chapter Five   Options to Manage Growth in Prison Population
Chapter Six   Recommendations for Community Corrections Policy
Chapter Seven   Recommendations for Community Corrections Procedure
   
  Appendix A   "Good Time" Credits
  Appendix B Criminal Sentencing Framework
  Appendix C   Points Affecting Custody
  Appendix D   Armstrong Letter

 

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