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01 Foreword
02 About the Task Force
03 Introduction
04 Recommendations
05 Recommendation 1
06 Recommendation 2
07 Recommendation 3
08 Recommendation 4
09 Recommendation 5
10 Recommendation 6
11 Recommendation 7
12 Recommendation 8
13 Recommendation 9
14 Recommendation 10
15 Recommendation 11
16 Recommendation 12
17 Recommendation 13
18 Recommendation 14
19 Additional Perspectives
20 Task Force Publications
21 Acknowledgments
22 About

Recommendations

Please click each recommendation for a research summary, recommendation, and detailed implementation steps.

1

Prioritize funding for violence reduction and victim and survivor services

2

Guarantee access to services for all victims and survivors of serious and violent crime

3

Reduce recidivism by addressing behavioral health needs of people serving long sentences

4

Promote accountability and enhance access to services through the enforcement of victims’ rights

5

Identify and alleviate unwarranted racial disparities in sentencing

6

Ensure that judges may consider relevant facts and circumstances when imposing long sentences

7

Decouple drug quantity from sentence lengths and restrict the use of long sentences in cases that stem from symptoms of substance use and mental health disorders

8

Ensure that sentencing enhancements based on criminal history are focused on individualized assessments of risk

9

Provide restorative justice opportunities for victims, survivors, and people serving long sentences

10

Prioritize professionalized assessments of rehabilitation and present danger to public safety in parole decision-making

11

Maximize rehabilitation by expanding earned sentence credit opportunities

12

Promote accountability and rehabilitation through selective second look opportunities

13

Provide people serving long sentences with access to rehabilitative living conditions and opportunities

14

Improve the nation’s understanding of the use of long sentences with more data, greater transparency, and a focus on clear costs and benefits