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| Less crime, fewer inmates in NJ, report shows |
| By nj1015.com |
| Published: 10/22/2015 |
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A new study finds the Garden State is cutting crime, while at the same time reducing the number of state prison inmates. The report, from New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, finds since 2000, New Jersey’s prison population has dropped 26 percent while the overall crime rate went down about 30 percent during that same period. New Jersey Department of Corrections Commissioner Gary M. Lanigan says new programs and initiatives are the reason why. According to Lanigan, education behind bars is being stepped up, new programs are helping released inmates find employment – which is reducing the recidivism rate – and mandatory drug courts for non-violent offenders are being phased in. Read More. |
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