UAA Associate Professor of Justice Ron Everett's expertise featured in Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

In a recent issue of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, an article entitled "Alaska looks for ways to keep parolees from returning to prison" featured Ron Everett, UAA associate professor of justice. Below is a snippet of the article:

Ron Everett, associate professor of justice at the University of Alaska Anchorage, said another way to stymie the growth of prisons is to reform sentencing guidelines and punish non-violent offenders with home confinement or another rehabilitative option instead of incarceration.

"We need to reserve prison for the extremely small percentage that really needs to be there," particularly violent offenders that present a danger to the public, Everett said.

Read more of the article at Fairbanks Daily News-Miner - Alaska looks for ways to keep parolees from returning to prison.