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| Criminal Justice Initiative works to find solutions to SD's Expensive Incarceration Rate |
| By ksfy.com - Bridget Bennett |
| Published: 12/06/2012 |
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After Tuesday's budget proposal, Governor Dennis Daugaard said the incarceration rate in South Dakota is much higher than neighboring states with similar crime rates. It's a fact uncovered by the Pew Research study for Daugaard's Criminal Justice Initiative. That study also shows if the state continues at the current incarceration rate, we could be spending more than $224 million over the next 10 years to pay for our prison system. According to the study, the number of incarcerated men went from 1,254 in 2000 to 2,376 in 2012, an 89 percent increase. During that same period, the number of women in prison went from 170 to 406, an astonishing 138 percent increase. More people in prison mean more money for South Dakota tax payers. "South Dakota is currently at its peak, at it's highest number of incarcerated individuals and that spells a lot of costs, costs at all sorts of different levels," said American Civil Liberties Union of South Dakota's Executive Director Robert Doody. Read More. |
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