Improving Domestic Violence Responses in Rhode Island
Rhode Island first used a Justice Reinvestment Initiative
(JRI) approach in 2008 and used a second JRI in 2015.
Rhode Island requested technical assistance to address a projected 22 percent
increase in the prison population, which was estimated to cost $300 million by 2017.
Rhode Island ACI Population, FY-end 2004-2014 and 2008 ACI
6,000
5,000
Denulation Drination
Projections at the time showed the
population would grow another 22% by
2017, at a cost of $300 million
4,880
4,624
4,000
3,483
3,000
2,000
1,000
3,888
3,818
ACI population had
grown 15% from
1997-2007
JRI policies enacted,
2008
3,146
Actual ACI population down
19% from 2008-2014 and
over 1,400 people below
the projection
0
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
The Council of State Governments Justice Center, “Justice Reinvestment Working Group: First Meeting" (PowerPoint presentation,
Second Presentation to the Rhode Island Justice Reinvestment Working Group, July 7, 2015).
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