How Justice Reinvestment Can Benefit Louisiana
To free up funds, states pass measures that focus their prison beds on serious violent offenders, and reinvest a portion of the savings into evidence-backed prison alternatives.
Why Conservatives Are Embracing Criminal Justice Reform
Our neighbors have paved the way: now Louisiana is positioned to engage in a substantive effort to improve its criminal justice system and to yield the benefits that so many other states are enjoying.
Streamlining Medical Parole to Ensure Public Safety and Protect Taxpayers
The nation’s older inmate population is expected to increase exponentially again over the next decade, with associated health costs spiraling higher.
Smart on Sentencing, Smart on Crime: An Argument for Reforming Louisiana’s Determinate Sentencing Laws
A new study details how Louisiana can reduce its prison population and corrections spending without lessening public safety by eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenders and reforming its habitual offender law.
Tough on Crime or Right on Crime?
Louisiana can find a better way to fight crime, prioritize victims and protect taxpayers.