Voting rights, financial aid, lessened parole penalties, ways to earn early release: All approved on what one lawmaker derided as 'Criminal Appreciation Day.'
Offenders released to parole supervision in New Jersey are 36 percent less likely to be arrested, convicted and returned to prison for new crimes, than inmates who served out their full sentences behind bars, according to a new study by The Pew Charitable Trusts' Public Safety Performance Project.
A new study of crime in New Jersey suggests the state may see crime drop with policies that would avoid sending parolees back to prison for minor violations.