Jacob Kang-Brown
@jkangbrown.bsky.social
The report covers recent jail and prison construction, highlighting how fiscal and monetary policy context has shaped funding approaches and the $62 billion in local jail construction that has expanded jail capacity nearly 40 percent since early 2000s.
November 2, 2024 at 4:25 PM
The report covers recent jail and prison construction, highlighting how fiscal and monetary policy context has shaped funding approaches and the $62 billion in local jail construction that has expanded jail capacity nearly 40 percent since early 2000s.
New analysis from our team at the Vera Institute shows urban jail incarceration rates continue to decline. By spring 2024, urban jail rates were 30 percent under the national rate while rural county jails are 71 percent higher than the national rate (per 100k working age adults).
November 2, 2024 at 4:23 PM
New analysis from our team at the Vera Institute shows urban jail incarceration rates continue to decline. By spring 2024, urban jail rates were 30 percent under the national rate while rural county jails are 71 percent higher than the national rate (per 100k working age adults).
The findings in the published paper, however, are completely untrue, and can only be replicated using an improperly merged dataset. The findings are an artifact of failed data management.
May 14, 2024 at 5:27 PM
The findings in the published paper, however, are completely untrue, and can only be replicated using an improperly merged dataset. The findings are an artifact of failed data management.