Kansas makes SL & P again

Here is a link to a recent Sentencing Law and Policy Blog entry where Professor Berman highlights a Kansas City Star article reporting on reduced recidivism rates in Kansas and possible links to recent legislation targeted at reentering persons. I have been in meetings occassionally with DOC and CC officers and have been impressed with their interest in actually helping people not reoffend. But there is only so much they can do with limited resources. I have said for quite a while, it's better for our policy makers to be "smart on crime," and not just knee-jerk by increasing sentences (or making more mandatory minimum sentences, as being discussed right now in the legislature).