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 Full Report | April 2009 |
| Increased Earned Release From Prison: Impacts of a 2003 Law on Recidivism and Crime Costs, Revised | |
| The 2003 Washington State Legislature passed ESSB 5990, which increased “earned early release time” for certain types of offenders. The bill authorizes the Washington State Department of Corrections to release certain eligible offenders earlier if they have demonstrated good behavior in prison.
The Institute was directed by the Legislature to evaluate the effect of the 2003 law. Our overall recidivism findings remain consistent with those in the original November 2008 report; we strengthened the cost-benefit analysis for this revised version and find that the law generates benefits of $1.88 per dollar of cost. Document ID: (09-04-1201) | |
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