Strengthening Public Safety, Increasing Accountability, and Instituting Fiscal Responsibility in the Department of Corrections. Final report

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Strengthening Public Safety, Increasing Accountability, and Instituting Fiscal Responsibility in the Department of Corrections

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Source(s)

• Massachusetts Governor's Commission on Corrections Reform (Boston, MA)

Sponsor(s)

• Gardiner Howland Shaw Foundation (Boston, MA)
• Boston Foundation (Boston, MA)

Details

Published 2004. 82 pages.

Related Topics

• Corrections reform (Justice System)
• Evaluation program (Statistics &Research)
• Massachusetts
• Reform institution (Justice System)
• Strategic planning (Administration)

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