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Germany Canada Spain United Kingdom Massachusetts Connecticut US Texas Lousiana 2.5 x MA 2.5 x MA 3 x MA 5 x MA

Incarceration rates are elevated

Incarceration rate per 100,000 people in 2010

Source: Prison Policy Initiative

Communities of color are disparately impacted

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Germany Canada Spain United Kingdom Massachusetts Connecticut US Latino in MA Texas Lousiana African-American in MA 4x white 6x white Incarceration rate per 100,000 people in 2010

Source: Prison Policy Initiative

Prior Incarcerations 9,589 67% No Prior Incarcerations 4,761 33%

Source: MassINC’s analysis of Massachusetts Sentencing Commission Data

Repeat offending is a major public safety concern

FY 2013 Commitments to State and County Prisons

A comprehensive solution is required

Pretrial & Diversion Sentencing & Conditions

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Confinement Reentry

Source: MassINC’s analysis of Massachusetts Sentencing Commission Data

47% 43% 44% 42% 43% 41% 41% 40% 39% 42% 43% 39% 19% 21% 19% 20% 18% 19% 18% 19% 20% 17% 19% 21%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

1 day difference More than 1 day but less than 20 percent

Sentencing practices limit parole eligibility and incentive to earn parole

Share of Sentences by difference between minimum & maximum, FY02 - FY13

Source: MassINC’s analysis of Massachusetts Sentencing Commission Data

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012

Release to parole supervision remains near historic low

Share of State Prison Inmates Released to Parole, 1980-2014

40% 25% 33% 37% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% No Supervision Parole Supervision High-Risk to Recidivate Low-Risk to Recidivate

Source: Massachusetts Department of Correction

Massachusetts allocates supervision resources inefficiently

Share of State Prison Releases by Risk Level and Supervision Status, 2014

86% 55% 52% 52% 50% 38% 37% 50% 43% 0% 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina Kentucky Before After

Source: MassINC review of agency reports

Other states are improving supervision

Share of Offenders with Supervised Release, Before and After Reform Legislation

Minnesota Comprehensive Offender Reentry Plan (2008) Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative (2005)

• Reentry planning and casework
• Reduced parole caseloads
• Increased community-based employment
• Higher employment, lower homelessness, more program

participation

• Re-arrest, re-conviction, and re-incarceration down 25%
• Reentry planning and casework
• Increased programming and treatment
• Pre-release transfer to facility closest to community
• Release to parole supervision
• Return to prison fell 38 percent between 2005 & 2011

Statewide reentry initiatives have successfully reduced recidivism

Arkansas South Dakota

• Established Best Practices fund with $2.4 million in supervision

fees and $4.3 million general appropriation

• Improved supervision, increased access to treatment,

transitional housing

• $8 million reinvestment of projected savings in 2014
• Improved supervision, increased funding for transitional

housing, invested in training for parole officers

Only a handful of states are reinvesting in reentry

California New York Oklahoma

• Recidivism Reduction Fund in 2013
• $5 million RFP for pay-for-success recidivism contracts
• $13.5 million pay-for-success recidivism contract
• Serving 2,000 ex-offenders through the Center for Employment

Opportunities

• Passed pay-for-success legislation in 2014
• Issued RFP for reentry programs last August

States are replicating our pay-for- success funding model