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Highlights Based on recidivism studies of those released from prisons and those on probation, it’s reasonable to assume that the release of offenders from jails contributed to the considerable increase in violence in 2020 and 2021. CNN’s experts cited jail releases as one reason for rising crime. The jail incarceration rate was the lowest since 1990. About 60% of beds in local jails were occupied at midyear 2020, a decrease from 81% at midyear 2019. In three weeks, jails have contact with as many people as prisons do in an entire year. Crime victims become an overlooked casualty of the pandemic (link below). Article The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice released a report on the impact of COVID-19 and jail populations.

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