Boot Camps' Impact on Confinement Bed Space Requirements. Final Report:Final rept

摘要

The Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (hereafter termed the Act) offered states incentives to enact laws and adopt policies that would increase the use and duration of imprisonment for violent offenders. Because these policies would increase prison populations in states already confronted with crowded prisons, the Act also authorized grants to states to plan, build, or expand correctional boot camps, which were to provide early release for selected non-violent inmates in order to free existing prison bed space so it could be reallocated to confine violent offenders. To help grantees develop or expand their boot camps, the Act also authorized the Corrections Program Office (CPO) to provide technical assistance. This study examines two issues: (1) the extent to which the Acts boot camp grantees sought and received technical assistance (TA) from the CPO; and (2) the impact that selected correctional boot camps funded under the Act had on confinement bed space requirements in their respective correctional systems.