39 states show decreases in prison populations, according to report.
A recent report shows that 39 states had decreases in their prison populations from 2009 to 2017, but there is still concern that those overhauls can be undone quickly.
"The overall impact of the reforms that they've implemented has been so modest," Chandnoosh said, pointing to the 7.3% decrease on the federal level. For instance, Alaska is the state listed as having achieved the biggest decrease in their prison population, dropping 38.9% since they had their peak prison population in 2006. But, in the past two years, state lawmakers have repealed laws that experts say helped contribute to that decrease, the report says.
However, just as those issues were depoliticized, the pendulum can swing back the other way, and has in some instances, like in Alaska and Alabama. The report cites Alaska's Senate Bill 91, passed in 2016, which toughened penalties for major crimes and softened them for minor ones.
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