PLOS One -

A scientific article intending to identify policies that optimize tradeoff between public safety and prison congestion taking place when prisons decide to implement split sentencing. Study uses a simulation model to track flow of inmates over time in Los Angeles County jail system using California Static Risk Assessment tool. Study results suggest split-sentencing for all low-level felons is key in managing tradeoff between public safety and jail congestion.

PLOS one is multidisciplinary open access journal featuring reports of original scientific research of subjects contributing to the base of scientific knowledge.

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^{Keywords: Los Angeles County, AB 109, POLS One, Usla and Wein,pretrial release or detention, case disposition, jail sentence, and possible recidivism, (Brown v. Plata, 2011), CSRA risk category}