The Human Toll Of Incarceration: A Journey Inside Greene County Jail

Webthere are more than 3,000 jails in the united states, holding 731,000 people on any given day—more than the population of detroit and nearly as many people as.

Webit is the mission of the greene county prison to serve and protect the county’s citizens with safe, humane, and lawful incarceration of offenders, by providing treatment.

Webin 2016, the vera institute of justice launched the human toll of jail project to humanize the costs of incarceration and uplift true stories about people whose lives are affected by jail, in their own words.

Webjust a few days in jail can increase the likelihood of a sentence of incarceration and its harshness, reduce economic viability, promote future criminal behavior, and worsen the.