Press Release: Risk Assessment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For further information, contact: Mandy Nace, 267-765-6319/215-806-0775 Sentencing Commission’s Proposed Risk Assessment Algorithm Will Increase Mass Incarceration HARRISBURG (Dec. 6, 2018) The Pennsylvania Sentencing Commission’s risk assessment tool will put more Pennsylvanians behind bars by relying on racially-biased data and punishing people based on what they might do rather than what they…