JUSTICE REINVESTMENT: PENNSYLVANIA 51,151
55,000
Baseline Projected Prison Population
$253M
50,000
averted costs and savings by 2016
42,486
45,000
Prison Population in 2005
48,744
51,757
JR Projected Prison Population
Prison Population with Justice Reinvestment (JR) Policies Enacted (June 2012)
Actual Prison Population as of December 31, 2015
–11%
drop in recidivism rate for CCFs per new performance based structure (July 2014–June 2015) 2007
2009
2011
2013
Source: FY12-13 Baseline prison population projection was published in the Governor’s 2011 budget. Prison population figures are courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.
5/6/16
2,407
fewer people in prison than the projected 2016 population
REALIZED OUTCOMES
49,914
40,000
35,000 2005
PROJECTED OUTCOMES
Council of State Governments Justice Center
2015
Calendar Year-end
–39%
decrease in technical parole violators returned to SCI/prisons (2012–2015)
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