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MI: Public wants smarter, less costly criminal justice policies

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Public wants smarter, less costly criminal justice policies For decades, politicians have believed that sounding tough on crime was their ticket to getting elected. Such beliefs, along with a few high-profile crimes, have generally driven prison policies over the last three decades and fueled an enormous expansion of Michigan's prison system with little, if any, improvements in public safety. But a new poll of Michigan voters, commissioned by Detroit Renaissance, on restructuring the state budget could help change that. It shows wide support for criminal justice reforms that would lead to fewer people in prison and less money spent on corrections. It's about time. Michigan's prison population of 50,000-plus is more than triple what it was 25 years ago...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 09, 2008 (boomark / email).