NCJ Number
35263
Date Published
1976
Length
2 pages
Annotation
A CHART WHICH SUMMARIZES THE FIRST YEAR PROGRESS OF ALL AGENCIES INVOLVED IN EFFORTS TO REDUCE THE OVERPOPULATION OF BALTIMORE CITY JAIL.
Abstract
EFFORTS HAVE BEEN AIMED PRIMARILY AT INCREASING THE NUMBER OF PRETRIAL RELEASES. ALTHOUGH NO SIGNIFICANT POPULATION REDUCTION HAS YET BEEN ACCOMPLISHED, THE PERCENTAGE OF PRISONERS IN PRETRIAL STATUS HAS BEEN REDUCED FROM SEVENTY-ONE TO FIFTY-THREE, AND A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THE CAUSES OF THE OVERPOPULATION IS SAID TO HAVE RESULTED.