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Cutting Correctly in Maryland

Cutting Correctly in Maryland

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Justice Policy Institute (Washington, DC)

Open Society Institute-Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)

Published 2003. 33 pages.

Areas in which incarcerated populations could be "safely trimmed" are examined. Sections of this report are: executive summary; introduction; Maryland's budget dilemma; shifting public opinion on the use of prisons; the sentencing structure in Maryland; reconsideration of sentences; sentencing guidelines; parole policies and practices; who goes to prison in Maryland?; prospects for cutting correctional costs; diverting drug offenders to treatment; parole reform; women offenders; elderly prisoners; and recommendations. Accession Number: 018622

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