DOJ Report May Impact Perceptions Of Crime And Law Enforcement lawofficer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lawofficer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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In three weeks, jails have contact with as many people as prisons do in an entire year.
Each year, U.S. jails process an estimated 12 million admissions and releases. That translates into 34,000 people released from jails each day and 230,000 released each week.
More than two-thirds (70%) of jail inmates were held for felony charges.
Inmates in local jails were less likely to die than were adults in the adjusted U.S. resident population (same with prisons).
Local jail authorities supervised 38,700 persons in programs outside of jail.
From 2008 to 2019, the number of persons supervised outside of jail declined 36%, the number of weekenders declined 47%, and the number of confined inmates declined 6%.
Biden's National Police Oversight Commission On Hold lawofficer.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from lawofficer.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Per President Obama, society demands too much from police officers.
Until communities and society figure this out, I believe it’s difficult to be a cop without enormous personal risk.
Communities constantly change their minds as to the kind of policing they want.
Because of the stereotypes and endless negative media coverage, is it time to leave law enforcement?
Editorial
I defended or explained police practices in hundreds of articles. As a result, I’ve been called every name in the book by people on both sides of the issue (including cops). Writing about policing, especially when it involves race, is not for the thin-skinned.
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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).
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The Bureau of Justice Statistics of the US Department of Justice released a report on the impact of COVID-19 and jail populations.