From Cell to Street: A Plan to Supervise Inmates after Release

41 Pages Posted: 1 Feb 2002

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Anne Morrison Piehl

Rutgers University - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

Date Written: January 2002

Abstract

The fact that most prisoners eventually leave prison and return to the community has largely gone unnoticed in public discourse. Over the past 25 years, as part of the fight against crime, the federal government and many states enacted a number of changes to sentencing laws to make certain that people serve longer sentences behind bars. One consequence of some of these laws is an increasing proportion of released inmates having no criminal justice supervision following release. In some cases, the most serious offenders are the least likely to be supervised. This report analyzes the issues involved in designing a system of post-incarceration supervision, including who should be supervised and what form supervision should take. The analysis focuses on the correctional system in Massachusetts, and offers recommendations to improve practice.

Suggested Citation

Piehl, Anne Morrison, From Cell to Street: A Plan to Supervise Inmates after Release (January 2002). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=299135 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.299135

Anne Morrison Piehl (Contact Author)

Rutgers University - Department of Economics ( email )

New Brunswick, NJ 08901
United States

National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Cambridge, MA 02138
United States

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