Episode 23: Justice Reinvestment program outcomes (Dr. Matt Kleiman)
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The episode discusses the outcomes of Pennsylvania's Justice Reinvestment Initiative 2 and evaluates its effectiveness in real-world scenarios.
What happens after lawmakers pass criminal justice reform? Eventually, somebody has to ask: Did it actually work? In this episode, Bret Bucklen and Matt Kleiman (Executive Director of the PA Commission on Sentencing) discuss two major evaluations required under Pennsylvania’s Justice Reinvestment Initiative 2 (JRI2)—Short Sentence Parole and the State Drug Treatment Program—and what the data reveal when policy promises meet real-world outcomes.
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