Michigan Presumptive Parole
Parole-at-eligibility reforms hit record-low recidivism.
B · 18/24
1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)
Presume parole at first eligibility absent specific risk.
2 · The realist counter-case
Critics feared public-safety costs.
3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats
Prison population at a 17-year low; recidivism ~21% record low; technical revocations at ~40-year low.
4 · Liberty check
Expands liberty for those who have served and aged out.
5 · The real tradeoff
Favorable; sustained over years.
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