Tag: prison reform
Tag: prison reform
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Trump Administration Establishes Council on Crime Prevention and Reentry
The Trump administration has taken an extraordinary step to reduce both recidivism rates and crime rates. On March 7, 2018, President Trump established a Federal Interagency Council on Crime…
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Trump Administration Holds Listening Session on Prisoner Reentry
On January 11, Trump administration officials heard from various conservative organizations about why they support reentry policy. Under the umbrella of Jared Kushner’s Office of American Innovation, administration officials met…
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Raise the Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction Bill Passes the Louisiana Legislature, Governor to Sign
The Louisiana legislature passed LA S.B. 324 on June 6 and has sent the measure to Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, a former ALEC member legislator in the Louisiana Senate,…
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Iowa Passes Series of Criminal Justice Reforms
Iowa recently became another state to tackle criminal justice reform. Governor Terry Branstad on May 12, 2016 signed into law a criminal justice reform package that provides more leniency…
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Oklahoma Passes Four Criminal Justice Reform Measures
Oklahoma policymakers are well aware of the challenges facing the Sooner State’s criminal justice system, which include laying claim to the second-highest incarceration rate in the country. Legislators have concentrated on…
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New Report Shows Benefits of Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Reform at State Level
State prison systems have been unsuccessfully scrambling to keep pace with the increasing number of inmates since the 1980s. Many penal facilities throughout the country are significantly over-capacity and draining…
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Prison Programming with Education Focus Reduces Recidivism
For every dollar invested in a prison education program it will ultimately save taxpayers between $4 and $5 in reincarceration costs. The relative price of educating prisoners is negligible in relation to the annual cost of incarceration.
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Exorbitant Costs Exposed in Los Angeles Juvenile Justice System
The Los Angeles Times recently reported on the high annual expenditures associated with housing juvenile offenders in Los Angeles. According to a recent county audit, it costs over $230,000…
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California’s Golden Opportunity on Sentencing Reform
California Governor Jerry Brown has proposed a ballot initiative that aims to alleviate the state’s overcrowded prisons. Brown’s proposal will reduce the prison population by hastening prison release programs…
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Charles Koch, Senator Bernie Sanders Agree on Criminal Justice Reform
Charles Koch, in a Washington Post Op-Ed, applauded Senator Bernie Sanders for his proposals on criminal justice reform. “The United States’ next president must be willing to rethink decades…
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Louisiana Newspaper: Treat 17-Year-Old Suspects as Juveniles
The issue of presumptively treating 17-year-olds as adults in the criminal justice system has made headlines in Louisiana. Currently, 41 states presumptively treat 17-year-olds as juveniles. Louisiana remains one of…
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Illinois: Reform Criminal Justice to Reform Spending
According to Article 1, Section 11 of The Illinois Constitution, criminal sentencing requires that “all penalties shall be determined both according to the seriousness of the offense and with the…
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Pew Notes a Number of States Are Examining Growing Prison Populations
The United States currently has the “highest incarceration rate in the world” and many states are examining ways in which to reduce their prison population. For example, Maryland,…
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Pew and Utah Lead the Way on Justice Reform in the States
On Thursday, October 1, members of The Pew Charitable Trusts hosted a discussion panel, where Utah Governor Gary Herbert and United States Senator Orin Hatch spoke on how Utah’s 2015…
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Criminal Justice Reform on the Big Stage
It’s an exciting time for criminal justice reform. In fact, at the first Republican Presidential debate, Ohio Governor John Kasich touted his record on criminal justice reform: “[W]e are rehabbing…
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Smart is The New Tough: Prison Reform
Harsh drug sentences were once thought to be the best solution for getting illegal drugs off the streets. While the results of these policies are debatable, it’s indisputable that today…
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Recidivism Reduction: Community-Based Supervision Alternatives to Incarceration
Recidivism Reduction: Community-Based Supervision Alternatives to Incarceration As a result of failed corrections practices, our criminal justice system has created a revolving door of offenders. More than 40 percent of…
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