JUSTICE REINVESTMENT: NEBRASKA PROJECTED OUTCOMES
7,000
5,581
5,000
$302M
Baseline Projected Prison Population
6,000
averted costs and savings by FY2020
4,075
Prison Population in 2005
1,021
fewer people in prison than the projected FY2020 population
4,560
4,000
JR Projected Prison Population 3,000
recommended reinvestment in strategies to reduce recidivism (FY2016–FY2021)
5,392
2,000
Prison Population with Justice Reinvestment (JR) Policies Enacted (May 2015)
1,000
0 2005
$33M
300
2008
2011
2014
2017
2020
Fisca l Year
more people supervised upon release each year
Source: Projections were provided by the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services and represent fiscal year estimates. The actual population figures include state-sentenced inmates housed in county jails.
5/6/16
Council of State Governments Justice Center
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