Cost of Incarceration/Budget

Is This the End of the War on Crime?

July 20, 2010
For decades, progressive policy analysts and criminal justice reformers such as Jones have argued that state and federal antidrug and, more generally, "tough on crime" incarceration strategies were counterproductive...(The Nation)

Is this the end of the war on crime?

Guest Viewpoint: Groups that aid criminal offenders help keep us all safer

July 12, 2010
Paul Solomon, PSJ's board chairman and Sponsors' asst. executive director, and Ron Chase, Sponsors' executive director, respond to tough-on-crime advocate Josh Marquis' claims that Oregon needs mandatory minimum sentences.

Guest Viewpoint: Groups that aid criminal offenders help keep us all safer

Classrooms or Prison Cells?

July 8, 2010
State spending on prisons has been growing and eating away at other priorities, like higher education. Now that’s beginning to change. (Newsweek)

Classrooms or Prison Cells?

by Pat Wingert, Newsweek, June 28, 2010

Governor rejects closure of three prisons

June 23, 2010
Gov. Ted Kulongoski on Tuesday reaffirmed his refusal to cut Corrections Department spending by closing three state prisons, including two in Salem. (Statesman Journal)

Governor rejects closure of three prisons

By Alan Gustafson

Budget cuts: Governor rejected prison closures because he didn't want to free 1,000 inmates

June 15, 2010
Gov. Ted Kulongoski nixed a budget-cutting plan to close three state prisons because he wasn't willing to use his power to commute the sentences of hundreds of convicted felons, a spokesman for the governor said Thursday. (Statesman Journal)

Budget cuts: Governor rejected prison closures because he didn't want to free 1,000 inmates

Kulongoski receives across-the-board Oregon budget cut recommendations

June 9, 2010
The Governor has proposed a 9% across the board spending cut to eliminate a projected $577 million budget shortfall. Proposed cuts include closing 3 prisons and eliminating as many as 125 beds with the Oregon Youth Authority. (Statesman Journal)

Spending-cut proposals submitted to Gov.

Lowering Non-Violent Incarceration Rate by Half Would Result in Billions in Savings

June 8, 2010
A new CEPR report finds that the United States has the highest rate of incarceration in the world. The authors show that lowering the nonviolent incarceration by half would save state and local governments $15 billion dollars per year. (Center for Economic and Policy Research)

Lowering Non-Violent Incarceration Rate by Half Would Result in Billions in Savings for Cash-

Prison officials brace for cuts

May 27, 2010
With a half-billion dollar hole in the state budget, Gov. Kulongoski is likely to announce on June 25th, among other policy changes, that it's time to overhaul Oregon's sentencing polices, especially the mandatory-minimum prison terms required by Measure 11. (Register Guard)

Oregon’s corrections chief says he can’t slash spending by $51 million without compromising safety

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    • Prison to adapt to mental illnesses

    April 27, 2010
    As community resources have dwindled, the number of people in prison with mental illness has climbed dramatically. Today, nearly half of all prisoners have a mental illness and receive minimal treatment. (Statesman Journal)

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    • Making the Road by Walking It – Ten Years on the Road with PSJ

    April 23, 2010
    Take a look back with us at our first 10 years as an organization, starting with our founding as Western Prison Project in 1999, and refresh your memory about or learn about the road we've traveled to become the Partnership for Safety and Justice, an organization with a holistic vision for reform.

    Article by Caylor Roling

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