Slide 1 Recent Developments in Sentencing and Corrections Reform Presentation to the Nevada Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice January 27, 2014 Nancy Fishman, Project Director, Vera Institute of Justice Alison Shames, Consultant, Vera Institute of Justice January 27, 2014
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Recent Developments in Sentencing and Corrections Reform
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Slide 1
Recent Developments in Sentencing and Corrections Reform
Presentation to the Nevada Advisory Commission on the Administration of Justice
January 27, 2014
Nancy Fishman, Project Director, Vera Institute of Justice
Alison Shames, Consultant, Vera Institute of Justice
January 27, 2014
Slide 2 • January 27, 2014
Presentation Overview
• Recent reform efforts
• Summary of policy trends
• Keys to success
Slide 3 • January 27, 2014
Vera Institute of Justice
Vera is an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit center for justice policy and practice.
“Making systems fairer and more effective through research and innovation.”
Criminal justice projects include: Justice Reinvestment Project Pathways from Prison to Postsecondary Education Project Segregation Reduction Project National PREA Resource Center
Slide 4 • January 27, 2014
Recent reform efforts
Slide 5 • January 27, 2014
Recent Reform Efforts
At least 17 states have enacted comprehensive criminal justice reform over the last four years.
Reform prompted by budget pressures, high prison growth, evidence-based research, data-based inquiry and solutions.
Slide 6 • January 27, 2014
Early Results
Kentucky 1/13-6/13: Prison population by 10.7%
North Carolina 2011-13” Prison population by 4,000 people
South Carolina Closure of 1.5 prisons and cost savings of $7.1 million (2011 and 2012).
Georgia Upfront reinvestment of $11.6 million to drug/mental health courts.
Louisiana Oversight Committee created to focus on implementation and measuring outcomes.
Ohio Upfront reinvestment of $14.5 million to strengthen felony probation supervision.