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January 1, 2020
Report: The Link Between Race-Ethnicity and a Pre-Sentence Prison Recommendation 2019
Summary: In Utah, a recommendation of probation, jail, or prison should be based on an offender’s criminal history score and the severity and type of their most recent offense. Additionally, the offenders’ mitigating/aggravating factors are taken into consideration. The criminal history score is based on the offender’s past involvement with the justice system. The score then places offenders into a
