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• Jails emptying as criminal justice reform quietly takes hold in NH

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  Several jails are seeing lower inmate populations, with some dropping by almost half

• Group seeks to reduce Okla.'s high incarceration rate

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  Many of the proposals are facing fierce opposition from district attorneys and law enforcement

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• Trump calls for new focus on hiring former prisoners

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  Trump's goal is to cut the unemployment rate for ex-prisoners to single digits within five years

• A prison program in Conn. seeks to find out what happens when prisoners are treated as victims

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  Connecticut modeled the program on a German prison for young people

• Auditors: Wash. jails could release 4,700 inmates, save millions through pretrial services

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  Auditors found the cost of incarceration outweighs the cost of pretrial services, concluding reforms could save $6-12 million in taxpayer money each year

• Settlement brings reforms to Ore. county jail

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  Officials have agreed to lower the number of inmates per cell as well as take other actions

• Federal sentencing overhaul leads to Tenn. man's release

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  Matthew Charles received national attention in 2018 after being re-sentenced and ordered back to prison two years after a judge ruled his sentence was unfair

• Criminal justice bill passes Senate

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  The union representing federal correctional officers has supported the measure

• Report: Prison reforms estimated to cost $346M over 10 years

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  Reforms are expected to reduce the number of federal prisoners by 53,000

• For-profit prison companies back criminal justice reform as business strategy

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  For-profit companies allocating more funds and resources into post-prison rehabilitation stand to benefit from criminal justice reform

• Challenges implementing, maintaining and replicating the Cognitive Community model in corrections

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  Based on the outcomes in Virginia, the Cognitive Community model has a high potential for successful replication in other correctional systems, both adult and juvenile

• Trump prods McConnell on sentencing bill: 'Go for it Mitch!'

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  The bill has support from several conservative and liberal advocacy groups, but it splits law enforcement groups

• Senators consider sentencing bill tweaks to satisfy sheriffs

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  The bill's supporters are looking at changes requested by the National Sheriffs' Association

• After juvenile justice overhaul, Wis. lawmakers look at changes to adult corrections system

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  With the number of prisoners continuing to rise, some lawmakers believe the time is ripe to make fresh changes to the adult criminal justice system

• New federal crime bill could affect drug case sentencing

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  The bill aims to increase training, education, counseling and substance abuse treatment for federal inmates

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