NEW YORK (AP) — In an effort to reduce the number of people locked up in local jails around the U.S., the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced it plans to give $75 million to local jail officials working on ways to remove nonviolent offenders, people too poor to afford bail and the mentally ill from behind bars.
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Some other proposed changes include reforming the bail system advocates say unduly punishes poor suspects, working with judges to institute no-jail sentences and improving the supervision of inmates released back into the community.
