Sentences to ponder

~ Jason Schwartz
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by karola riegler photography

. . . in the end, the federal government has very little control over criminal justice. About 90 percent of all prisoners—and a far greater percentage of those in jails, on probation, or who are arrested every year—are handled by states and counties, not by the federal government. And the federal government cannot directly tell states what to do when it comes to dealing with these individuals. For example, they cannot make local governments change their laws, enforce existing laws more aggressively, or determine who is released on parole or who is sent back to prison.

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Published by Jason Schwartz

I have been an addiction professional and social worker since 1994. I started blogging in 2005 as the Clinical Director at Dawn Farm. I no longer work at Dawn Farm and am now the Director of Behavioral Medicine at a community hospital, and a lecturer at Eastern Michigan University’s School of Social Work. Views expressed here are my own. Keep in mind that the field, the contexts in which the field operates, and my views have changed over time.