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Can and should business leaders be effective advocates for sentencing and prison reforms?

By Douglas A. Berman

The question in this title of this post is inspired by this new editorial from the Detroit Free Press, which is headlined "Business joins fight to right-size prisons." Here are excerpts: Business leaders have taken a lead role in efforts to reform Michigan's oversized prison system. Legislators should pay attention. Lansing can't resolve its long-term budget crisis without right-sizing the Department of Corrections.  Nor can a state that spends more on prisons than higher education compete in a 21st Century economy. The Detroit Regional Chamber deserves credit for creating a detailed plan to reduce corrections costs as part of an overall effort to restructure state government.  For the first time, the Chamber will devote a session on prison issues and spending at this year's Mackinac Policy Conference...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 08, 2010 (boomark / email).