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Published: Jul 26 2009
Vera's director, Michael Jacobson, was quoted in a City Journal article about managing jails.
[Jail] turnover rate is extremely high: jails process as many admissions and releases in two months as state and federal prisons (which hold about 1.5 million inmates) process in a year. Managing that “churning mass of humanity” is a nightmare, says Jacobson, who now directs the Vera Institute for Justice. “So many arrestees lead unbelievably disorganized lives”—but as soon as they enter a jail, the jail becomes responsible for their well-being.
