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The Latest Institute Report Examines Prison Releases in Response to COVID-19
New Report Examines How Back-End Powers of Prison Release Discretion Operate in Colorado
“In non-paroling systems, prison officials have sole control over back-end prison release discretion for most sentenced individuals. Their ability to affect prison population change ranges from limited to significant, depending on the design of the good-time and earned-time credit system.”
How Does Prison Release Indeterminacy Affect Prison Population Size?
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07.22.22

Examining Prison Releases in Response to COVID: Lessons Learned for Reducing the Effects of Mass Incarceration

In response to the global pandemic in 2020, states and the federal government began to make non-routine releases from prison in order to reduce prison populations to allow for social distancing in prison facilities. This report is aimed at…
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