Public-safety advocates can’t afford to ignore the link between falling prison and jail populations and rising violent crime.
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published to address arguments made by a newly launched public safety coalition, but mistakenly addressed arguments made by the Coalition for Public Safety, a different group. For that reason, we have removed the article. We regret the error.
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