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Evaluation: Short Sentence Parole saved bed days and produced net savings with similar recidivism
Summary
The commission’s research unit reported that the Department of Corrections Short Sentence Parole program yielded net annual savings (estimated at about $2.45 million) by reducing bed days while producing similar three‑year recidivism rates to comparison groups and fewer violent reoffenses among SSP participants.
The Commission on Sentencing’s research unit presented its second evaluation of the Department of Corrections’ Short Sentence Parole (SSP) program and summarized five years of outcomes.
Brett Miller, lead researcher, told commissioners the program was designed to expedite release for eligible nonviolent inmates (aggregate minimums no more than two years) and to save correctional bed days by releasing people at…
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