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Strengthen re-entry programs to curb corrections costs

7/20/10 The Times—"Obviously, it is sometimes a difficult decision as to how long to incarcerate someone who breaks the law. But it is equally obvious that the cost of incarceration is such that imaginative programs and ideas must be brought to bear on previous incarceration-cost models. Some of the techniques have been shown to work well in New Jersey, and such initiatives need to be expanded—very carefully and with lots of monitoring—so that justice is maintained, costs are reduced and, most important, the offender is returned to the community as a productive citizen."

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Author(s)

Richard F. Keevey

Date

7/20/10

State

New Jersey

Source

The Times

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