New York emptied prisons at a faster rate than any other state between 2019 and 2022 except for New Jersey, West Virginia, and Washington.The total inmate populations in Empire State prisons and local jails fell from 64,306 in 2019 to just 47,003 in 2022 - a 26.9% drop in three years - according to a report released Wednesday by the Vera Institute for Justice.
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