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U.S. Prison Count Continues to Drop
After nearly four decades of explosive growth, the U.S. prison population declined for two years in a row, according to the Justice Department. Inmate counts fell in about half the states in each year from 2009-10 and 2010-11. more
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Death Penalty Rift in States Continues
New Mexico on Wednesday (March 18) became the second state-after New Jersey in 2007-to repeal the death penalty since its reinstatment by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1976. But the modern landscape of capital punishment remains complex, as other states seek to reinstate or expand it and executions nationally are on track to reach their highest mark in 10 years.more -
March 2, 2009
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- Stateline Story
New Laws Target Driving, Crime, Politicians
On Jan. 1, 2009 several new state laws will take effect, and Illinois politicians, California drivers and Arkansas' same-sex couples will be among those feeling the effects.more -
December 15, 2008
Policy Framework to Strengthen Community Corrections
This 2008 report discussed how states have added 1 million prison cells over the past 20 years, pushing the U.S. prison population to 2.3 million and the incarceration rate past 1 in 100 adults, by far the highest in the world. more
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- Stateline Story
Economy Could Imperil State Readiness
Budget cuts could undermine the progress states have made to respond to public health emergencies and natural disasters, such as the recent wildfires in California and outbreaks of Salmonella on tainted vegetables that sickened more than 1, 440 people in 43 states, says a new report released Dec. 9.more -
December 2, 2008
Putting Public Safety First
This 2008 report discussed how more than five million people are under community supervision—either probation or parole—on any given day in the United States. more
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- Stateline Story
Cash-Strapped N.J.: Pay up for State Police
Facing tough times financially, New Jersey recently started billing some of its smallest communities for a service they have enjoyed free for nearly 90 years: regular state police patrols that help towns without local police respond to crime, car accidents and other emergencies. Pennsylvania is considering doing the same.more -
August 1, 2008
Evaluation of HOPE Probation
Preliminary findings show that probationers assigned to a HOPE caseload perform significantly better than criminal offenders assigned to probation-as-usual.
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July 28, 2008
Getting in Sync
Some offenders need to be put in prison. Others can be managed safely on probation in the community. This 2008 report looks at how judges and prosecutors often face the difficult task of figuring out what to do with defendants who don’t fit cleanly into either group.
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- Stateline Story
FEMA Change Sends States Searching For Ice
States looking for free ice from FEMA in the aftermath of a hurricane will be out of luck because of the agency's new policy.more
