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CSG Justice Center Provides Michigan Policymakers with Options to Reduce Corrections Spending and Reinvest in Reducing Crime
The Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center today joined Michigan’s leaders to release the results of an unprecedented review of crime and corrections data to determine how the state might reduce corrections spending while reinvesting in measures that will make communities safer and stronger. This work was supported by the Public Safety Performance Project of The Pew Charitable Trusts’ Center on the States; the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice; and the state.
Spotlight Announcements
6/23/2009 – The CSG Justice Center is conducting a project to improve how state and local officials design and implement policies that aim to increase revenues through the assessment and collection of court-ordered fines and fees.
6/23/2009 – Justice Center staff recently traveled to Ohio to pilot test a companion tool to the Reentry Partnerships guide, and promote the guide and its recommendations at a national reentry conference.
Reentry News Clips
USA Today: Study could ease concerns over hiring ex-offenders
7/1/2009 – A study funded by the Justice Department concludes that over time accused robbers, burglars and batterers pose no greater risk to employers than job candidates in the general population.
Washington Times (DC): Ex-offenders can't find jobs
7/1/2009 – The Human Rights for Ex-Offenders Amendment Act would make former convicts a protected class under the D.C. Human Rights Act in an attempt to shield them from discrimination.
Other Justice Center Projects
Criminal Justice / Mental Health InfoNet
The Justice Center's online database that provides a comprehensive inventory of collaborative criminal justice/mental health activity across the country.
An unprecedented, national effort to help policymakers improve the response to people with mental illnesses in the criminal justice system.
A data-driven strategy for policymakers to reduce spending on corrections and increase public safety.