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WV inmates crowding study targets drug abuse and treatment
West Virginia faces prison crowding with all regional jails over capacity. The Justice Reinvestment Initiative recommends rapid risk assessment and expanded community based substance abuse treatment for probation parole and other supervision to cut recidivism by about 24 percent. The effort funded by DOJ Pew and Gov Tomblin aims to implement evidence based methods across pretrial sentencing and probation stages.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Justice Reinvestment Initiative
Justice Center
Nonpartisan
Council of State Governments
Carl Reynolds
West
Reynolds
Governor’s Advisory Council On
Division — of Corrections
Parole Board
Community Corrections
Ohio
U.S. Justice Department
Bureau of Justice Assistance
Pew Center