{"id":7119,"date":"2013-05-14T16:44:47","date_gmt":"2013-05-14T20:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/?p=7119"},"modified":"2013-05-14T16:44:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-14T20:44:47","slug":"collateral-costs-of-incarceration-pew-charitable-trusts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/evetushnet\/2013\/05\/collateral-costs-of-incarceration-pew-charitable-trusts.html","title":{"rendered":"“Collateral Costs of Incarceration”: Pew Charitable Trusts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

report:<\/p>\n

Incarceration reduces former inmates\u2019 earnings by 40 percent and limits their future economic mobility, according to a new Pew report,\u00a0Collateral Costs: Incarceration\u2019s Effect on Economic Mobility<\/a>. This is a growing challenge now that 1 in every 28\u00a0children in America has a parent behind bars, up from 1 in 125 just 25 years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople who break the law need to be held accountable and pay their debt to society,\u201d said Adam Gelb, director of the Public Safety Performance Project of the Pew Center on the States. \u201cAt the same time, the collateral costs of locking up 2.3 million people are piling higher and higher. Corrections is the second fastest growing state budget category, and state leaders from both parties are now finding that there are research-based strategies for low-risk offenders that can reduce crime at far less cost than prison.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report authored by Pew\u2019s Economic Policy Group and the Pew Center on the States shows that:<\/p>\n