DOJ Report Highlights Increase in Jail Population to Pre-Pandemic Levels and Continued Systemic Issues
A report from the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics reveals that, as of midyear 2022, while at least 30 percent (or 197,000 people) of the jail population was convicted,…
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CCJ Study Documents Continued Drop in Violent Crime Rates, Spike in Car Thefts In Major Cities
CCJ Senior Fellow Thomas Abt, director of the Violence Reduction Center at the University of Maryland, says that the results just show that more needs to be done. “The mid-year…
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