New Ideas for Reforming Parole in Kentucky

Authors

James Austin, George Washington University
Stephen C. Richards, Northern Kentucky UniversityFollow
Richard S. Jones, Marquette UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Language

eng

Format of Original

4 p.

Publication Date

7-2003

Publisher

Civic Research Institute

Source Publication

Offender Programs Report

Source ISSN

1093-7439

Abstract

Like many other states, Kentucky currently faces a severe budget crisis and is seeking ways to lower its prison and community corrections costs. The Commonwealth recently asked the authors to investigate ways to reduce its prison population and the number of parolees returned to prison. This article focuses on our study of the prison and parole experience of men and women in Kentucky. The article includes discussion of Kentucky’s growing prison population and failing parole practices; the study methods, interview samples, and data; and the organizational structure that produces parole failures in the Commonwealth. Based on our findings, several promising reforms are recommended that if implemented would serve to reduce the prison population and the rate of parole failure.

Comments

Offender Programs Report, Vol. 7, No. 2 (July/August 2003): 19-22. Permalink.

Recommended Citation

Austin, James; Richards, Stephen C.; and Jones, Richard S., "New Ideas for Reforming Parole in Kentucky" (2003). Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications. 128.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/socs_fac/128