Report
One in 100
Behind Bars in America 2008
- Public Safety Performance Project
- Contact Krissi Jimroglou 202.540.6416
- February 28, 2008
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Quick Summary
A 2008 report by Pew's Public Safety Performance Project detailed how, for the first time in history, more than one in every 100 adults in America were in jail or prison—a fact that significantly impacts state budgets without delivering a clear return on public safety.
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Report Assets
- Date:
- February 28, 2008
- Contacts:
- Krissi Jimroglou | 202.540.6416
- Project:
- Public Safety Performance Project
- Issues:
- Recidivism, Corrections Costs, Probation and Parole, Prison Population
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