Archived How to cut the prison population, save $18 billion a year and keep America safe (washingtonpost.com)
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[–] derram 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
https://archive.is/nLL95 :
'Approximately 364,000 people are serving prison time for low-level offenses, like drug possession and minor burglaries. '
'The low-level offenses identified by the authors are in the table below, along with the number of offenders currently serving prison time. ', "But the Brennan Center's new report is noteworthy for quantifying exactly how many of our prisoners the authors believe shouldn't be behind bars.", " That's a big chunk of change, equivalent to hiring and training 270,000 new police officers, or 327,000 new teachers, they calculated."
'That would reduce the typical murder sentence from 11.7 to 8.8 years, or the typical robbery prison term from 4.2 to 3.2 years. '
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