Ohio
Ohio has over 50,000 individuals incarcerated in Ohio’s 32 state prison, with these prisons currently being 30% over their capacity. Realizing the need to remedy this situation, the General Assembly created the Criminal Justice Recodification Committee to reform the penalties for certain crimes and seek ways to reduce the state’s prison population. The year 2017 presents an opportunity for the Ohio legislature to implement these changes and seek a criminal justice system that values proportional punishment and respects human dignity.
Oklahoma
Currently half of the individuals who are incarcerated in the state of Oklahoma are nonviolent offenders. In 2016, the people of Oklahoma were given the opportunity to have their voice heard through …show more content…
In 2016, the South Carolina Sentencing Reform Oversight Committee released a five-year report of the impact made by these reforms. The report showed that the reforms had resulted in savings of over $18 million, an almost 10% decrease in prison populations, and an increase in successful parole and probation outcomes. To build upon this success, legislation was introduced in 2016 to seek more proportional punishment within the state and the legislature has an opportunity to achieve this goal by moving the legislation forward in 2017.
South Dakota
In 2013, South Dakota undertook reform of its criminal justice system by investing in programs, practices, and policies shown to increase public safety and reduce corrections spending. Annual reports show that this legislation has caused the state’s parole success rate to increase from 37% to 65% since 2012. The state is still seeking ways that it may continue to improve its criminal justice system, especially in the area of drug crimes, going into 2017. …show more content…
This program has been shown to save almost $2 for every dollar in public costs through reduced recidivism and lower incarceration costs. Following upon such success, a package of bills was introduced at the end of 2016 that seek to make communities safer while also increases public safety. While this legislation was not successful because of its late introduction, it does provide an excellent starting point for the state to take steps to secure a justice system that restores in
Ohio has over 50,000 individuals incarcerated in Ohio’s 32 state prison, with these prisons currently being 30% over their capacity. Realizing the need to remedy this situation, the General Assembly created the Criminal Justice Recodification Committee to reform the penalties for certain crimes and seek ways to reduce the state’s prison population. The year 2017 presents an opportunity for the Ohio legislature to implement these changes and seek a criminal justice system that values proportional punishment and respects human dignity.
Oklahoma
Currently half of the individuals who are incarcerated in the state of Oklahoma are nonviolent offenders. In 2016, the people of Oklahoma were given the opportunity to have their voice heard through …show more content…
In 2016, the South Carolina Sentencing Reform Oversight Committee released a five-year report of the impact made by these reforms. The report showed that the reforms had resulted in savings of over $18 million, an almost 10% decrease in prison populations, and an increase in successful parole and probation outcomes. To build upon this success, legislation was introduced in 2016 to seek more proportional punishment within the state and the legislature has an opportunity to achieve this goal by moving the legislation forward in 2017.
South Dakota
In 2013, South Dakota undertook reform of its criminal justice system by investing in programs, practices, and policies shown to increase public safety and reduce corrections spending. Annual reports show that this legislation has caused the state’s parole success rate to increase from 37% to 65% since 2012. The state is still seeking ways that it may continue to improve its criminal justice system, especially in the area of drug crimes, going into 2017. …show more content…
This program has been shown to save almost $2 for every dollar in public costs through reduced recidivism and lower incarceration costs. Following upon such success, a package of bills was introduced at the end of 2016 that seek to make communities safer while also increases public safety. While this legislation was not successful because of its late introduction, it does provide an excellent starting point for the state to take steps to secure a justice system that restores in