Priorities and Public Safety: Reentry and the Rising Costs of our Corrections System

December 03, 2009

New research identifies rapidly growing state corrections costs as an economic burden at a time of budget cuts forced by the ongoing economic crisis. According to the report, the Commonwealth could ease this burden by adopting strategies proven to shrink prison populations and reduce rates of recidivism.
Priorities and Public Safety: Reentry and the Rising Costs of our Corrections System