JUSTICE REINVESTMENT: WEST VIRGINIA 7,089
10,000
8,000
8, 893
Prison Population with Justice Reinvestment (JR) Policies Enacted (May 2013)
Baseline Projected Prison Population
PROJECTED OUTCOMES $287M
5,869
Prison Population in 2007
averted costs and savings by CY2018
7,943
SB371 Projected Prison Population
6,000
950
fewer people in prison than the projected CY2018 population
7,118
4,000
Actual Prison Population as of December 31, 2015
REALIZED OUTCOMES 2,000
$9M
0 2007
reinvested into treatment supervision 2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
Source: Estimates and population figures can be found in the CSG Justice Center’s “Justice Reinvestment in West Virginia: Analyses & Policy Options to Reduce Spending on Corrections & Reinvest in Strategies to Increase Public Safety.” WVDOC provides actual prison population monthly to CSG.
5/6/16
Council of State Governments Justice Center
Calendar Year-end
–20%
drop in delayed hearings by the parole board between CY2012 and CY2015
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