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Robert Gangi Op-Ed in NY Newsday: Repeal Rockefeller drug laws, cut prison costs

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Newsday.com Repeal Rockefeller drug laws, cut prison costs BY ROBERT GANGI Robert Gangi is the executive director of the Correctional Association of New York, a nonprofit prison-monitoring and criminal justice policy organization. February 8, 2008 New York's elected officials face two critical challenges in the 2008 legislative session: how to close the $4.4-billion deficit confronting the state, and how to break political stalemates and enact significant policy advances. One way they can both save money and show they can govern is to repeal the Rockefeller drug laws. Enacted in 1973, when Nelson Rockefeller was governor, the laws require harsh prison terms for the possession or sale of relatively small amounts of drugs. The penalties apply without regard to the circumstances of the offense or the individual's character or background...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 08, 2008 (boomark / email).