http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/usher-in-2009-with-reforms/ A Forum for Our State's Future Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:09:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/usher-in-2009-with-reforms/comment-page-1/#comment-1071 CRC of Michigan Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:14:52 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/?p=1115#comment-1071 The Citizens Research Council of Michigan was poised to help the CSG effort by bringing together Great Lakes States to discuss what is working in their respective states. Unfortunately, our good friend Bernie Madoff decided he was going to ruin the entire financial foundation of our principle founder, the JEHT Foundation. As a result, we are looking for new support for this effort. The JEHT Foundation was very impressed with our research on Michigan's corrections programs and the stark comparisons with other states in terms of spending, length of stay, and incarceration rate. We are hopeful that funding can be secured to help the CSG process in Michigan and ultimately to articulate policy options targeting corrections spending. The Citizens Research Council of Michigan was poised to help the CSG effort by bringing together Great Lakes States to discuss what is working in their respective states. Unfortunately, our good friend Bernie Madoff decided he was going to ruin the entire financial foundation of our principle founder, the JEHT Foundation. As a result, we are looking for new support for this effort. The JEHT Foundation was very impressed with our research on Michigan's corrections programs and the stark comparisons with other states in terms of spending, length of stay, and incarceration rate. We are hopeful that funding can be secured to help the CSG process in Michigan and ultimately to articulate policy options targeting corrections spending.

]]> http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/usher-in-2009-with-reforms/comment-page-1/#comment-1072 Dennis Schrantz Sun, 21 Dec 2008 10:59:01 +0000 http://www.thecenterformichigan.net/blog/?p=1115#comment-1072 Correctiond and Sentencing Reform: After spending all night in the final hours of the Lame Duck session, the CSG "Justice Renvestment" work group met and hammered out the outline of a preliminary agreement on reducing parole board discretion that will reduce prisoner length of stay without jeopardizing public safety and saving hundreds of million of dollars over the next 5 or 6 years. These changes will bring Michigan more in line with other Great Lakes states in terms of how long felons stay locked up before returning to their communities where the most effective means of rehabilitation reside. Public discussion with key stakeholder groups - including the business community - will begin on January 7th. Action is expected this spring after public hrearings this winter.Senator Alan Cropsey, Representative Alma Smith, SB director Bob Emerson, DOC director Pat Caruso and Governor Granholm's director of Policy Regina Bell are leading the charge on these historic changes to corrections policy as a first - and important - step to reform sentencing policy in Michigan. Correctiond and Sentencing Reform: After spending all night in the final hours of the Lame Duck session, the CSG "Justice Renvestment" work group met and hammered out the outline of a preliminary agreement on reducing parole board discretion that will reduce prisoner length of stay without jeopardizing public safety and saving hundreds of million of dollars over the next 5 or 6 years. These changes will bring Michigan more in line with other Great Lakes states in terms of how long felons stay locked up before returning to their communities where the most effective means of rehabilitation reside. Public discussion with key stakeholder groups – including the business community – will begin on January 7th. Action is expected this spring after public hrearings this winter.Senator Alan Cropsey, Representative Alma Smith, SB director Bob Emerson, DOC director Pat Caruso and Governor Granholm's director of Policy Regina Bell are leading the charge on these historic changes to corrections policy as a first – and important – step to reform sentencing policy in Michigan.

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