RT Article
T1 A Retrospective Review of the Pennsylvania Justice Reinvestment Initiative
JF The prison journal
VO 105
IS 3
SP 375
OP 394
A1 Wentling, Richard
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1928497225
AB Justice reinvestment and the Justice Reinvestment Initiative (JRI) have been a focal point for criminal justice reform advocates since the enactment of federal legislation in 2010. With 40 states having implemented a JRI reinvestment policy or practice to date, the goal of many reinvestment strategies hinges on reducing prison populations. Pennsylvania was therefore uniquely situated for applying a reinvestment initiative as a state that was incarcerating more individuals per capita in the Northeast compared to neighboring states. This article reviews JRI's overall framework and intended evidence-based interventions utilizing a case study of Pennsylvania initiatives to assess the degree to which JRI strategies affected reform through 2023. Policy recommendations are offered based on the JRI application in Pennsylvania.
K1 state correctional budgets
K1 Community supervision
K1 prison policy
K1 justice reinvestment initiative
DO 10.1177/00328855251328873