Difference between revisions of "Mount Vernon Weed & Seed Initiative"
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This group is coordinating a new citywide strategy to reduce crime in Mount Vernon, New York. | This group is coordinating a new citywide strategy to reduce crime in Mount Vernon, New York. | ||
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| + | Prison spending ballooned from $11 billion to $49 billion in 2 decades | ||
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| + | NEW YORK - For the first time in U.S. history, more than one of every 100 adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report documenting America’s rank as the world’s No. 1 incarcerator. It urges states to curtail corrections spending by placing fewer low-risk offenders behind bars. | ||
Revision as of 14:43, 29 February 2008
This group is coordinating a new citywide strategy to reduce crime in Mount Vernon, New York.
1 in 100 Americans behind bars, report finds
Prison spending ballooned from $11 billion to $49 billion in 2 decades
NEW YORK - For the first time in U.S. history, more than one of every 100 adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report documenting America’s rank as the world’s No. 1 incarcerator. It urges states to curtail corrections spending by placing fewer low-risk offenders behind bars.
