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Mississippi Earned-Parole Reform

Earned parole eligibility cut the prison population safely.

Pretrial & Criminal JusticeState SenateLiberty checkEvidence favors the policy

A · 21/24

1 · The idealist case (in its proponents' own framing)

Let people earn parole consideration for good conduct.

2 · The realist counter-case

Critics feared early release risk.

3 · Predicted vs. measured — with caveats

SB2795 made ~6,300 eligible; 98% had no new-sentence return at 2 years; projected $584M-$988M savings.

4 · Liberty check

Restores a path out for the rehabilitated.

5 · The real tradeoff

A favorable, fiscally conservative reform.

Allies & Playbook

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No individual sponsor record is catalogued for this policy yet. Start with the primary sources below and the Allies directory.

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