Decarceration

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Press Release Governance, Economics, Public Safety
Oct 02 2025
New Report: The Fiscal Limits of Decarceration
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Report Public Safety, Governance
Feb 13 2025
Why “Rehabilitating” Repeat Criminal Offenders Often Fails
By Matt Logan, John Paul Wright, Hannah E. Meyers Read More
Testimony Public Safety Crime Control, Policing
Feb 28 2024
Testimony Before the U.S. Senate’s Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism
By Rafael A. Mangual Read More
Testimony Public Safety Policing, Crime Control
Mar 15 2023
Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary
By Rafael A. Mangual Read time 2 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety Policing, Crime Control
Feb 24 2023
Both Sides of the Bars
By Rafael A. Mangual Read time 2 mins Read More
Report Public Safety Policing, Crime Control
Dec 01 2022
Is 3,300 Enough? Why the Borough-Based Jails Are Too Small to Keep NYC Safe
By Charles Fain Lehman Read time 60 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety Policing, Crime Control
Jul 29 2022
The Cost of Decarceration
By Rafael A. Mangual Read time 1 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety Policing, Crime Control
Feb 04 2022
Manhattan Institute Scholars Respond to Alvin Bragg’s Policy Reversal
By Rafael A. Mangual, Charles Fain Lehman Read time 2 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety Policing, Crime Control
Dec 11 2021
Why Can’t We Talk About the Murder Wave?
By Charles Fain Lehman Read time 5 mins Read More
Commentary Public Safety Policing, Crime Control
Nov 24 2021
The Ghost of Defund Comes for Rashida Tlaib
By Charles Fain Lehman Read time 1 mins Read More