<p>The Public Safety Performance Project offers research and policy solutions to states seeking ways to keep the public safe while reducing what they spend on corrections.</p> http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room.aspx An editorial in the Sunday, March 24 edition of the <em>New York Times </em>cited Pew's research about the shrinking prison population. Mon, 25 Mar 2013 11:46:22 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899462619&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Sentencing and Corrections&WT.rss_a=Editorial: Shrinking Prisons, Saving Billions&WT.z_contenttype=NewsArticle <p>According to a new study by Pew’s Public Safety Performance Project, the length of time served in prison has increased markedly over the last two decades. Prisoners released in 2009 served an average of nine additional months in custody, or 36 percent longer, than offenders released in 1990.</p> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899396348&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Sentencing and Corrections&WT.rss_a=Time Served: The High Cost, Low Return of Longer Prison Terms&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>According to a report released by the Pew Center on the States’ Public Safety Performance Project, prisoners released in 2009 served an average of nine additional months in custody, or 36 percent longer, than offenders released in 1990. The report, Time Served: The High Cost, Low Return of Longer Prison Terms, also found that time served for drug offenses and violent offenses grew at nearly the same pace from 1990 to 2009.<br /></p> Wed, 06 Jun 2012 08:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899396338&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Sentencing and Corrections&WT.rss_a=New Pew Study Finds 36 Percent Increase in Prison Time Served&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease The Public Safety Performance Project is quoted in a St. Louis Post-Dispatch story on the passing of new sentencing and parole guidelines in Missouri. Fri, 04 May 2012 10:30:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899385093&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Sentencing and Corrections&WT.rss_a=Missouri Legislature Passes Sentencing, Parole Guidelines&WT.z_contenttype=NewsArticle The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quotes Adam Gelb, director of Pew's Public Safety Performance Project at Pew Center on the States, on the bipartisan consensus behind the new Georgia sentencing reform law designed to "make communities safer and curb runaway corrections spending." Fri, 04 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899385036&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Sentencing and Corrections&WT.rss_a=Deal Signs Bill Revamping Many Criminal Sentences&WT.z_contenttype=NewsArticle <p>The far-reaching package of reforms Governor Nathan Deal signed into law places Georgia among a growing number of states leading the way towards data-driven, fiscally sound criminal justice systems.</p> Wed, 02 May 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899383857&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Sentencing and Corrections&WT.rss_a=Pew Applauds Georgia Leaders for Enacting Comprehensive Public Safety Reform&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease <p>While much attention has been focused on California’s “three strikes” law and its high parole recidivism rate as the sources of prison growth, a far less well known driver of prison admissions has been the probation system.</p> Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:00:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/our_work_report_detail.aspx?id=85899371732&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Sentencing and Corrections&WT.rss_a=The Impact of California’s Probation Performance Incentive Funding Program&WT.z_contenttype=Report <p>This report recommends a number of strategic reforms in criminal justice policy to reduce violent crime statewide by 10 percent by 2016 and provide post-prison supervision for all felons while containing growth in prison costs. The report is a product of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, a data-driven analysis of the state’s criminal justice system led by the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center in partnership with the Pew Center on the States and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance.<br /></p> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:05:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899368916&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Sentencing and Corrections&WT.rss_a=Report Outlines Comprehensive Public Safety Approach&WT.z_contenttype=PressRelease This video explores how states can break the cycle of recidivism by implementing evidence-based programs and policies including risk assessment, fiscal incentives and swift and certain sanctions. Wed, 07 Dec 2011 10:35:00 GMT http://www.pewtrusts.org/news_room_detail.aspx?id=85899367172&WT.rss_ev=f&WT.rss_f=Sentencing and Corrections&WT.rss_a=Reducing Recidivism&WT.z_contenttype=AVWebcast Terms and Conditions Page http://www.pewtrusts.org/terms_and_conditions.aspx