Who is the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition?

Our mission is to reverse the trend of mass incarceration in Colorado. We are a coalition of nearly 7,000 individual members and over 100 faith and community organizations who have united to stop perpetual prison expansion in Colorado through policy and sentence reform.

Our chief areas of interest include drug policy reform, women in prison, racial injustice, the impact of incarceration on children and families, the problems associated with re-entry and stopping the practice of using private prisons in our state.

If you would like to be involved please go to our website and become a member.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

MI - Prison Reforms Not Optional


Facing a $1.6-billion budget gap next year, Senate Republicans continue to treat Michigan's $2-billion prison system like a sacred cow. With 51,000 inmates -- more than at any time in the state's history -- Michigan spends far more on prisons than surrounding Midwest states, but its streets and communities are no safer. The answer is not more of the same.

Yet that's essentially what a report by a state Senate subcommittee on prisons and public safety, headed by Sen. Wayne Kuipers, R-Holland, called for Tuesday. In the name of public safety, it opposed even modest changes in sentencing and parole policies proposed by the Department of Corrections. Those reforms could enable the state to close two or three of Michigan's 42 prisons over the next year and a half.Michigan Free Press

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