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Incarceration, Crime Rates Continue to Fall

Crime and incarceration rates are down in the United States.

According to the Department of Justice Bureau of Statistics, the national violent and property crime rate has declined by 14.6 percent in the last five years. During that same time, the U.S.

By Emily Harris Greene

January 4, 2017

Bureau of Statistics | crime rates | department of justice | incarceration rates | Prison Reform

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The Cost(s) of Incarceration

Rikers Island – one of the most expensive addresses in all of New York City.

Park Avenue. Soho. Chelsea. Midtown.

Rikers Island?

When one thinks of exclusive addresses in New York City, the first thing that likely comes to mind is a penthouse overlooking Central Park, or perhaps an historic brownstone in a trendy part of town.

By Steve Rempe

October 24, 2013

incarceration rates | Justice Fellowship | New York City | Reentry | Rikers Island