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How do you treat an interstate inmate who finishes 5 yrs and 7 months of a six year sentence, but does so on an interstate agreement. He finished early due to good time which is given in NJ. Upon his release PA picks him up via a detainer issued by a CO at a county correctional facility-again, what steps...

A confluence of new items is raising again for me the question of how, or if, research ultimately influences public policy, and what roads might be taken to improve that influence. The Correctional Association of New York, a policy and advocacy organization, has just posted a comment on their site regarding...