“Analyzing offender data on roughly 1.5 million US prisoners, researchers from the Brennan Center for Justice concluded that for one in four, drug treatment, community service, probation or a fine would have been a more effective sentence than incarceration.”

Quarter of inmates could have been spared prison without risk, study says
Study of 1.5 million prisoners finds that drug treatment, community service, probation or fines would have served as more effective sentences for many
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December 11, 2016 at 12:12PM