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The incarceration rate in the United States fell to a historic
low prior to the pandemic, and concerns about transmission of the virus only
accelerated this decline. The same trend has played out in the nation's
juvenile detention centers, with the same result: empty beds in expensive
correctional facilities.
According to RAND experts, this presents an opportunity to
reclaim and redirect billions of dollars toward education, job training,
transportation, and other community services.
Shifting resources away from prisons, juvenile detention
centers, and jails may be a durable approach to supporting criminal justice
reform and investing in vulnerable communities, the researchers say. The
savings could pay for some of the aims of “defund the police” campaigns in a
way that “has more political support and no trade-off on public safety.” Read more »
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