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Costs and Benefits? The Impact of Drug Incarceration in New Jersey

Schiraldi, Vincent and Ziedenberg, Jason. Costs and Benefits? The Impact of Drug Incarceration in New Jersey. Washington: Justice Policy Institute: pp. 38.

Costs and Benefits? The Impact of Drug Incarceration in New Jersey -- a new report commissioned by the Drug Policy Alliance and conducted by the Justice Policy Institute -- quantifies the impact of drug imprisonment in New Jersey. The overall picture that emerges from New Jersey is similar to other states: high rates of imprisonment of drug offenders have had a significant impact on the state's economic and social life, as well as on the incarcerated, their families and communities. There is evidence that the cost of imprisoning drug offenders is not necessarily producing the benefit in declining drug use state policymakers expect to realize.

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