Facing Overcrowded Jails, Counties Turn to Voters for Help (Without Much Luck)

Governing: States have been talking a lot about their prison reform efforts over the past decade. Texas, for instance, was recently lauded by President Trump as a national model for its reforms, which have led to falling incarceration rates, a record number of prison closures and savings of more than $3 billion.

But for reasons that are not entirely clear, many counties across the country are seeing the opposite: overcrowded jails and skyrocketing expenses.

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