If that is what your stats show, they are wrong.
Over the last five years, the MacArthur Foundation has invested $9.9 million into Philadelphia's criminal justice reform efforts. The funding is part of the foundation's Safety and Justice Challenge, a $245 million national initiative to change the way America uses its jails.
Since the initiative began in Philadelphia, the local prison population has decreased by 43%. The city has closed its House of Corrections and avoided the construction of a new prison.
By 2022, the initiative aims to reduce the city's jail population by 58% from its 2015 level. With the new grant money, the city will target the following reform measures:
D.A. Larry Krasner also revealed details of the city's revamped early bail review program
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Again, how is that working out for Philadelphia and the surrounding area, 500 murders..... I would say not well and Fetterman is all for it!!!