Reform Criminal Justice Policies, Cut Government Costs
The Correctional Association released a brief position paper recommending policy reforms which would improve our justice system and save the fiscally strapped state over $450 million annually.
Download: Reform Criminal Justice Policies, Cut Government Costs
Recommendations include:
- Closing underutilized prisons,
- Repealing the Rockefeller Drug Laws,
- Increasing work release eligibility and participation; and
- Diverting technical parole violators from prison.
These and other measures can make the criminal justice system more fair and efficient, while increasing public safety and reducing exorbitant costs.
Please make use of this document and distribute it as you see fit, and feel free to contact Caitlin Dunklee, Drop the Rock Coordinator, with questions and comments at 212-254-5700 x 339.