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Laura Sager: Use some of what we spend on Michigan prison to improve our state
Laura Sager, CAPPS executive director, wrote a guest Op-Ed for the Detroit Free Press that was published Sunday, Oct. 27th, 2013. In her Op-Ed, Sager argues that the state of Michigan is spending too much [...]
CAPPS presentation: Safely reducing corrections spending – Key concepts and major myths
This CAPPS presentation exposes the key myths that continue to drive our costly and ineffective approaches to public safety. Safely reducing corrections spending: Key concepts and major myths demonstrates how CAPPS's proposed reforms could save Michigan [...]
Michigan Public Radio: Overhauling Michigan’s parole system could save taxpayers millions
Michigan Public Radio’s Jake Neher recently interviewed CAPPS Executive Director Laura Sager and Board member Monica Jahner. They discussed how Michigan's parole policies contribute to our $2 billion annual corrections budget, by keeping people incarcerated [...]
Report: Misplaced priorities: over-incarcerate, under educate
According to the Michigan League for Public Policy, between FY 2001 and FY 2013 Michigan's spending for corrections rose by 20 percent but dropped by 38 percent for higher education. Take a look at this [...]
Michigan prison system: Basic facts
This document provides an overview of Michigan’s prison system, including data about: population growth, the number of prisoners in 2012, incarceration rate, corrections spending, prisoner demographics and parole rates. In 30 years, Michigan’s prison population grew at 29 [...]
Cutting corrections costs: Earned time policies for state prisoners
Report | Corrections spending | Sentencing | Sentencing credits | July 2009 By the National Conference of State Legislatures Under historic budget cuts, state legislatures are looking for ways to trim corrections costs while maintaining [...]
Improving budget analysis of state criminal justice reforms: A strategy for better outcomes and saving money
By the ACLU’s Center on Budget and Policy Priorities An increasing number of states are considering criminal justice reforms proven to protect the public and produce significant cost savings. For example, some states are offering [...]
Deconstructing the corrections budget
Report | Corrections spending | March 17, 2011 By Bob Schneider, Associate Director, Michigan House Fiscal Agency Read>> Deconstructing the corrections budget
The continuing fiscal crisis in corrections: Setting a new course
Report | Corrections spending | Investing in prevention | Sentencing | Parole | October 2010 (updated) By the Vera Institute In the 1980s, the number of people sent to prison or supervised on probation and [...]
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