PEW Releases Study on "Time Served" in Prison and Its Cost and Consequences

The PEW Center on the States recently released a study regarding the incresed amount of time prisoners are serving in prison and the cost and consequences of requiring longer time to serve.  Researchers found that the length of time served in prison has increased markedly over the last two decades. Howver extended prison sentences came at a price: prisoners released from incarceration in 2009 cost states $23,300 per offender--or a total of over $10 billion nationwide. More than half of that amount was for non-violent offenders. Read more here  ...