Mass Incarceration in the Heartland: Midwestern States Struggle to Tame Historically High Prison Populations

O'Hear of the Marquette Law School offers a discussion on the developments in six heartland states in the U.S. including Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin on the criminal prosecution and imprisonment of criminals. The 2016 presidential election highlighted the pivotal role played...

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Published in:Federal sentencing reporter 2017-12, Vol.30 (2), p.91-93
Main Author: O’HEAR, MICHAEL
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Criminal law
Criminal sentences
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Imprisonment
Legal defense
Prosecutions
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Summary:O'Hear of the Marquette Law School offers a discussion on the developments in six heartland states in the U.S. including Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin on the criminal prosecution and imprisonment of criminals. The 2016 presidential election highlighted the pivotal role played by swing states like Michigan (MI), Ohio (OH), and Wisconsin (WI) in determining the nation's political balance of power. Yet, despite the Midwest's prominence as a political bellwether, the region has received relatively little national attention in recent years in the area of sentencing policy. California, with its extraordinary experiment in criminal justice realignment and rapid decarceration, has often seemed to dominate the national conversation. Also much-discussed has been the man-bites-dog story of several deep-red, traditionally tough-on-crime Southern states adopting "justice reinvestment" reforms, which seek to reduce unnecessary incarceration.
ISSN:1053-9867
1533-8363