Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council Reviews Prison Admission and Sentencing Data
The Justice Reinvestment Coordinating Council (JRCC) heard about incarceration and prison population data at its second meeting on July 29, 2015. As previously reported on Conduit Street, the JRCC is reviewing the State’s sentencing structure and will be making recommendations to reduce Maryland’s prison population, improve criminal justice outcomes, and reduce needless correctional spending. Analysts from the Public Safety Performance Project within the Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) presented the data. This article summarizes a few key points from Pew's…