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AGENCY TESTIMONY
Alternatives to incarceration efforts
3:11:40
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41 sec
Deanna Logan explains MOCJ's alternatives to incarceration (ATI) programs, which offer structured alternatives to jail for thousands of New Yorkers annually.
- Directs $32 million annually to ATI efforts
- Serves more than 5,000 New Yorkers each year
- Addresses root issues like mental health and substance misuse while holding participants accountable
- Aims to lower incarceration rates, recidivism rates, and costs to taxpayers
Deanna Logan
3:11:40
Our office also directs $32,000,000 annually to alternatives to incarceration efforts known as ATI's.
3:11:49
This program helps reduce incarceration by offering structured alternatives to jail for more than 5,000 New Yorkers each year.
3:11:59
We address root issues like mental health, substance misuse, while holding participants accountable.
3:12:07
Connecting individuals to important services while keeping them in their communities often with their families helps lower incarceration rates, recidivism rates, and costs to taxpayers.