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Federal Folly: FY2012 U.S. Department of Justice Budget Gorges on Prisons, Gouges Juvenile Justice
- Justice Policy Institute, Nov 21, 2011
The proposed 2012 budget for the U.S. Department of Justice puts locking people up ahead of reducing delinquency, protecting youth, and improving outcomes for the formerly incarcerated.
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When More is Less: How a Larger Women’s Jail in Baltimore will Reduce Public Safety and Diminish Resources for Positive Social Investments
- Nastassia Walsh, Justice Policy Institute, Jan 5, 2011
Despite declines in the number of women held in the Baltimore City Detention Center, Maryland is planning to build a large, new women’s facility.
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Baltimore Behind Bars: How to Reduce the Jail Population, Save Money and Improve Public Safety
- Justice Policy Institute, Jun 8, 2010
Research highlights the factors and policies that lead to over-incarceration, makes recommendations on how the justice system can be improved.
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Fact Sheet on The Obama Administration’s 2011 Budget: More Policing, Prisons, and Punitive Policies
- Justice Policy Institute, Feb 22, 2010
Justice advocates disturbed by proposed $29 billion for ineffective and unfair policies.
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Fact Sheet on FY2010 Department of Justice Budget
- Justice Policy Institute, May 11, 2009
The President’s proposed FY2010 Department of Justice (DOJ) budget asks for $26.7 billion. The budget reduces spending on juvenile justice programs, while increasing budgets for law enforcement, including Byrne Justice Assistance Grants (Byrne Grants) and Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grants. The budget also increases spending on prisons, including 1,000 new contract beds (private prison providers) and two new federal prisons.
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Moving Target: A Decade of Resistance to the Prison Industrial Complex
- Amanda Petteruti and Nastassia Walsh, Sep 25, 2008
For the past 10 years, Critical Resistance has helped advocates imagine the possibility of a world without bars. If our country is to truly reclaim its communities, the criminal justice system must be dismantled.