Systemic Reforms
New!! Economic Policy Institute's "American Jobs Plan": http://www.epi.org/index.php/american_jobs/understanding_the_jobs_crisis
New!! Another "New Deal" idea who's time has come: The Jobs Imperative
Get Involved! Links to take action and make change happen.
Raising revenue by closing loopholes and making big corporations and Wall Street pay the same in taxes as average citizen. Result: $100 billion increase in revenues that could easily fund health care for everyone: http://www.ctj.org/pdf/healthcarefinancing.pdf.
Related articles about taxing the wealthy: Taxing the Wealthy
Breaking the School-to-Prison Pipeline
The Need to “Think Out of the Box”
Confronting Substance Abuse: A Series of Articles
Drug Rehabilitation or Revolving Door?
Study Finds Drug Treatment is Cost-Effective Alternative to Prison
What Maryland is doing about drug abusers in the criminal justice system: http://www.justicepolicy.org/images/upload/08-02_REP_MDJudges_DP-MD.pdf
Policy Changes
Policy Briefs from the Justice Policy Institute
Homeboy Industries (a program for ex-gang members): go to this web site: http://www.homeboy-industries.org/
See related story: Now the giant awakes
Update: L.A.'s Homeboy Industries lays off most employees
Some Modest Proposals to Reduce Crime
Good Intentions or Planned Failures?
An Assessment of the Detention Diversion Advocacy Project
The Detention Diversion Advocacy Project and Girls
A Sensible Approach: Gender-Responsive Strategies for Female Offenders
Mental health court seen as example for state
Reforming Prisons
Delancey Street (operated by ex-cons in San Francisco) web site: http://www.delanceystreetfoundation.org/
Insight Prison Project: http://www.insightprisonproject.org/
Restorative Justice Section
Two stories on Restorative Justice
Grieving mother hopes motion for mercy will prevail