Read>> CAPPS Consensus Spring 2012 ● FY 2013 budget proposals. See page 16. ● Guest Columns in Center for Michigan’s Bridge magazine Barbara Levine, on impact of cuts on prisoners, families. See page 4; Richard Stapleton, on presumptive parole. See page 5; Paul Reingold, on parolable lifers. Seep page 6. ● Bill to reform judicial veto [...]
Read>> CAPPS Consensus Spring 2011 ● Why not reduce corrections spending to prevent cuts to other programs? See page 3. ● CAPPS co-sponsors symposium on corrections spending. See page 7. ● New CAPPS board members add depth, diversity. See page 16. ● New governor appoints new parole board. See page 18.
Read>> CAPPS Consensus Fall 2011 ● Housing, visiting policies thwart prisoner families. See Page 7. ● Higher telephone charges burden prisoner families. See page 12. ● Programs for sex, assaultive offenders: an update. See page 16. ● The News from CAPPS. See page 6.
Read>> CAPPS Consensus Winter 2010 ● MDOC budget, prisoner population edge down but still lock up state resources. See page 4. ● Bills to restore sentence credit spark debate. See page 9. ● CAPPS 10-Point Plan gains traction. See page 12. ● More hearings for lifers, commutations still can’t meet need. See page 16.
Read>> CAPPS Consensus Fall 2010 ● Fewer prisoners, more spending raises many questions. See page 5. ● Though parole releases increase substantially, various reforms still needed. See page 9. ● Lifer paroles, commutations get parole board’s attention. See page 13. ● American Correctional Association policy on criminal sentencing and early release. See page 7.
Spring 2011 | CAPPS Consensus newsletter This article, on Page 18 of the Spring 2011 Consensus, includes information about current parole board members and changes made in parole board operations. Gov. Rick Snyder has abolished the 15-person parole board and replaced it with a new 10-member board whose associates have been appointed by the Michigan Department [...]
Issue background | CAPPS While the numbers have changed from those published in this 2006 CAPPS Consensus article six years ago, the issue is still one that needs to be addressed. Recent press reports about the prison medical care system not only highlight the poor treatment seriously ill people receive, they raise questions about why we [...]