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thomas tilley
Goodyear, AZ
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thomas commented on the petition |Goodyear and the West Valley Communities do NOT need more prisons. It's time to reform Arizona's draconian mandatory minimum sentencing and criminal justice system.
Sentencing: "Smart Reform is Possible" new report ACLU
http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/smartreformispossible.pdfAugust 9, 2011
"Smart Reform is Possible: States Reducing Incarceration Rates and Costs"
The title of this post is the title of this new ACLU report, which is summarized via this ACLU webpage in this way:
Since President Richard Nixon first announced the "War on Drugs" 40 years ago, the United States has adopted "tough on crime" criminal justice policies that have given it the dubious distinction of having the highest incarceration rate in the world. These past 40 years of criminal justice policy-making have been characterized by over-criminalization, increasingly draconian sentencing and parole regimes, mass incarceration of impoverished communities of color, and rapid prison building. These policies have also come at a great expense to taxpayers. But budget shortfalls of historic proportions are finally prompting states across the country to realize that less punitive approaches to criminal justice not only make more fiscal sense but also better protect our communities.
This report highlights six traditionally "tough on crime" states — Texas, Mississippi, Kansas, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Ohio — that recently passed significant bipartisan reforms to reduce their prison populations and budgets. These states experienced declines in their crime rates while these new policies were in place. The report also highlights national trends in criminal justice legislation and offers a number of recommended ways that lawmakers in other states can reform their pre-trial, sentencing, parole, and probation systems. Smart Reform is Possible serves as an exciting and essential blueprint for states on the cusp of considering the reform of their corrections systems.
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thomas commented on the petition |
A Perryville Prison promise broken: A promise made by the state Legislature to West Valley communities was long ago broken and forgotten. In 1980, when the state was looking for sites to build new prisons to relieve overcrowding, the Legislature promised the West Valley leaders that the prison would never exceed 1,400 inmates. It was a promise made to appease local community leaders who did not want a prison in their backyard, especially one so closed to Scott Libby Elementary School. Perryville Prison now houses about 4,500 women inmates. STOP private prisons in Arizona. Perryville does NOT need more prisons!
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thomas commented on the petition |Sentencing: "Smart Reform is Possible" new report ACLU
http://www.aclu.org/files/assets/smartreformispossible.pdfAugust 9, 2011
"Smart Reform is Possible: States Reducing Incarceration Rates and Costs"
The title of this post is the title of this new ACLU report, which is summarized via this ACLU webpage in this way:
Since President Richard Nixon first announced the "War on Drugs" 40 years ago, the United States has adopted "tough on crime" criminal justice policies that have given it the dubious distinction of having the highest incarceration rate in the world. These past 40 years of criminal justice policy-making have been characterized by over-criminalization, increasingly draconian sentencing and parole regimes, mass incarceration of impoverished communities of color, and rapid prison building. These policies have also come at a great expense to taxpayers. But budget shortfalls of historic proportions are finally prompting states across the country to realize that less punitive approaches to criminal justice not only make more fiscal sense but also better protect our communities.
This report highlights six traditionally "tough on crime" states — Texas, Mississippi, Kansas, South Carolina, Kentucky, and Ohio — that recently passed significant bipartisan reforms to reduce their prison populations and budgets. These states experienced declines in their crime rates while these new policies were in place. The report also highlights national trends in criminal justice legislation and offers a number of recommended ways that lawmakers in other states can reform their pre-trial, sentencing, parole, and probation systems. Smart Reform is Possible serves as an exciting and essential blueprint for states on the cusp of considering the reform of their corrections systems.
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thomas commented on the article |Thomas, Thank you for reiterating what we all have been facing in a quest for fair justice, criminal justice reform and overhauling the mass industrial prison complex. Those who wrote the laws that have cost us our Freedoms are reluctant to admit they made mistakes they have made. Society is paying a huge price and our future hangs in the balance. The reality in America is we are no longer "the land of the free". Who will be the real leaders who step up to right the wrongs?
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