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| Louisiana's Incarceration Rate Drops After Implementation Of Criminal Justice Reforms |
| By wrkf.org- Wallis Watkins |
| Published: 06/29/2018 |
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Governor John Bel Edwards announced, “the state of Louisiana no longer holds the title of incarceration capital of the nation." Listen Louisiana is now second to Oklahoma, as a result of criminal justice reform legislation passed last year. The goal of the Justice Reinvestment Initiative is to expand probation, parole and re-entry opportunities for non-violent offenders, diverting them away from prison. “We wanted to focus prison beds on serious threats to public safety," said Edwards. At a press conference in West Baton Rouge Parish Thursday, Governor Edwards revealed preliminary results of the reforms, which started going into effect last August. Read More. |
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