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Levin: Britain's Conservative Party pushing incentive-based prison models similar to Texas' probation reforms

One of the reasons I track jail overcrowding around the state is that many counties face the same problems, so it makes sense to compare different solutions that arise and share them with others facing the same challenges. Similarly, Texas' prison system isn't alone in facing an overcrowding crisis. Other states and even other countries face essentially the same dilemma (though usually on a lesser scale).Marc Levin from the Texas Public Policy Foundation has an op ed column in the Fort Worth Star Telegram today ("Getting more out of Texas prisons," June 10) calling for use of incentive-based funding for prisons, probation and parole departments aimed at reducing recidivism.Leaders from the Texas Capitol to European houses of parliament are increasingly recognizing that reducing recidivism is crucial to controlling future incarceration costs and the incalculable human costs to victims and communities from criminal activity...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 11, 2008 (boomark / email).