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Right On Crime is a campaign of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, a conservative think tank. [3] After its founding in Texas, Right On Crime has contributed to many criminal justice reforms in over 38 states, working with bipartisan partners throughout the country.
The participating states are Arizona, Colorado, Massachusetts, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Texas. [18] As of April 2021, the organization had committed $7.8 million to COVID-19-related criminal justice grants, supporting initiatives such as alternatives to arrest, pretrial reforms, and the release of vulnerable inmates. [19]
In Texas in 2007 they were seeking to build more prisons at a cost of 2 billion dollars. The legislature enacted criminal justice reforms and by 2010 they closed 4 prisons and are planning on closing more and the crime rate dropped. <Grover, N. (2017). Conservatives For Criminal Justice Reform. The Wall Street Journal, pp a17. >
Alliance for Safety and Justice was co-founded by Lenore Anderson and Robert Rooks. [3] ASJ creates networks of crime survivors and works to shift resources from incarceration to effective alternatives. [4] The organization focuses on reforms in eight states: Florida, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Texas, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and California. [2]
Lexipol, a Texas-based public safety training and consulting company, has opposed efforts to reform use of force standards. Lexipol declines to include common reform proposals in its manuals, such as a use-of-force continuum, de-escalation policies, or rules prohibiting chokeholds or shooting into cars, and advocates against measures it ...
As Governor Roy Cooper prepares to depart the Executive Mansion, criminal justice advocates are urging him to make use of his broadest set of powers: the ability to grant clemency for state crimes.
Pages in category "Criminal justice reform in the United States" The following 85 pages are in this category, out of 85 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .