CRJ Publishes New Report for The Boston Foundation
The circumstances in the corrections agencies and the state’s budget crisis compelled The Boston Foundation and the Crime and Justice Institute at Community Resources for Justice, to examine the corrections system and the recent trends in policies that are affected by growing corrections spending.The findings in this report suggest that the massive growth in corrections spending over the past 10 years has not been driven by equal growth in the corrections population or in improved public safety outcomes. The questions raised by these findings revolve around the state’s willingness to pay nearly any amount for criminal justice policies currently in place without evidence of better outcomes.
The report was released in December 2009 at a forum sponsored by TBF. To read the full report, click on the Crime and Justice Institute button on our homepage.