Juvenile Justice: An Often Overlooked Opportunity for Saving Taxpayer Dollars...
Corrections policy has long been a topic of hot debate in state legislatures. Less attention is devoted to juvenile justice. Usually a smaller portion of state budgets, and with issues and principles...
View ArticleThe Right Solutions to Prison Problems: How Texas’ good policy is spreading...
By Representative Jerry Madden, TX For more than two decades, the motto shaping our criminal justice programs had been “tough on crime.” It is the mindset that led legislatures across the country to...
View ArticleSafer Communities at Less Cost Part II
Criminal justice reform: The solutions In part I of this series, we examined the state of criminal justice systems across the nation, and the need for reform in many of the states. Decades of a “lock...
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Update: 2013 Criminal Justice Reforms on Course for Success in South Dakota
Earlier this week, the South Dakota Public Safety Improvement Act Oversight Council released its first annual report on the implementation of the state’s Public Safety Improvement Act of 2013. South...
View ArticleALEC Releases New State Factor on Recidivism Reduction Practices
One in every 100 American adults is behind bars, and four in ten of those released end up back behind bars within three years. America’s failing criminal justice system costs federal, state and local...
View ArticleOklahoma Legislature Ensures Public Safety and Fiscal Responsibility with...
Wednesday, the Oklahoma legislature passed HB 1518, which allows for judicial discretion to depart from mandatory minimum sentences for certain low-level offenders in specific circumstances. HB 1518...
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