Many states have taken measures to improve public safety while cutting wasteful criminal justice spending, but the federal system lags behind. State successes, particularly in Texas, provide the federal government with a model for reform.
Criminal Justice
Reentry programs are pathways to redemption
In a recent article, Grace Toohey, criminal justice reporter for The Advocate in Baton Rouge penned these words regarding a new reentry program instituted at one of Louisiana’s larger state prison facilities: “In less than six months, one of the most dangerous and dreaded dormitories at Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in St. Gabriel has become one...
August 1, 2018