ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Maryland’s prison admissions fell 19 percent over the last decade, driven by a 43 percent drop in admissions in Baltimore, according to a data analysis presented to a state panel on Wednesday.
The analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts counted inmates in state prisons who are serving sentences of a year or longer. Overall, Maryland’s prison population declined about 5 percent, from 22,466 to 21,326.
“Fifty-eight percent of prison admissions coming in the door were sentenced for nonviolent crimes, but there has been a statewide decline in drug offenders sentenced to prison over the last decade,” said Felicity Rose, a senior associate for the Crime and Justice Institute, a partner with Pew.
Pew is gathering data for a state panel that is seeking ways to reduce spending on corrections. Wednesday’s presentation was the first given to the Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council. Analysts are collecting more background to try to explain the findings. The panel plans to submit recommendations to the General Assembly.
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7 comments:
Of course they are down , you have to be convicted of at least murder to get to prison any more , everything else is on a stet docket.
Admission is down. Is graduation up?
Cool. Looks like 'catch and release' is spreading from dealing with illegals to run of the mill thugs and perps!
Thanks OweMalley!
Yet murders are up.
Cops leave the bad parts of town alone unless something happens there because they don't want to push them out into other areas.
Ok, there are significantly less people being put in prison than there used to be.
So why are the "community activists" screeching like they are exponentially increasing the numbers of inmates? Well, black ones anyway?
Isn't their always problems?
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