Alternatives to incarceration are cutting prison numbers, costs and crime

Friday, July 5, 2013 - 07:20 in Health & Medicine

Recent months have brought good news for those concerned about the rate of incarceration in the US: after decades of expansion, it appears that the number of Americans in jail or prison has begun to decline. A closer look at the numbers reveals that much of this reduction has b …

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