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- The U.S. imprisonment rate has fallen for a fifth straight year, a run not seen since Richard Nixon was in The White House. According to data released Tuesday from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, while the U.S. incarceration rate is still remarkably high, 2013 marks a 10-year low. For five reasons, the de-incarceration trend has an excellent chance of continuing.
The main reason is that de-incarceration is local, and local matters.