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Research
Reports
Publications based on
research conducted by CAPPS.
 The
high cost of denying parole: an analysis of
prisoners eligible for release
No way out:
Michigan's parole board redefines the meaning of
'life'
 Penny-wise
& pound-foolish: Assaultive offender programming and
Michigan's prison costs
 Foreign
Nationals in Michigan Prisons: an examination of the
prison costs.
When 'life' did not mean life: A
historical analysis of life sentences imposed in
Michigan since 1900.
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Prison and Corrections
Section of Michigan
State Bar supports restoration of
earned sentence credits for prisoners
Click
here to
read statement and analysis.
There are alternate
means of promoting transparency in
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CAPPS testifies on
proposed corrections laws,
2010 budget
ü CAPPS
Executive Director Barbara Levine urged
legislators on the House Appropriations Subcommittee
on Corrections on March 3, 2009 not to take any
options off the table unless they pose a
demonstrable risk to public safety as
they consider ways to save money in the
2010 Corrections budget.
Click
here to
read testimony on HB4437.
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Levine testified on HB4509 and HB4510,
which would expedite commutation
processes for terminally ill prisoners.
Click
here to
read the testimony.
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HB 4130 would allow the
state to move deportable prisoners to
federal custody after serving half their
minimum sentences to reduce the state's
prison population and save money.
Click
here to
read testimony supporting this bill by
Barbara Levine. (See also news article
on issue
here.)
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CAPPS announces
Ten-Point Plan to Reduce Corrections
Spending in 2010.
(click
here) .
Comprehensive strategy would:
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reserve prison beds for dangerous
offenders.
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promote successful
re-entry.
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increase parole rates
for those who have served minimum sentences.
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save taxpayers
hundreds of millions of dollars.
Conservative
recommendations rely on common corrections
practices. |
| CAPPS responds to Justice Center
recommendations; offers safe cost-saving
alternatives
"While the Justice
Center options provide a useful starting
point for discussion, they are modest in
their vision and their impact."
Click
here to review the response.
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News coverage and
editorial responses to the
Justice
Center recommendations.
Here. |
| Presume parole at the
minimum, barring objective factors
indicating risk, to save the state
millions of dollars and to restore fairness
to the parole system, says Executive
Director Barbara Levine in an opinion piece in the
Lansing State Journal. Click
here to read the article. |
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Fall
2008 Consensus published. Click
here.
● CAPPS strategies
for reduced prison spending gain
wide support.
● Clemency Council
increases commutations
● Status of
parolable lifer lawsuit told
● Puzzling parole
decisions hard to fathom
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Business groups urge corrections
reforms
Detroit Chamber of
Commerce recommends steps to reduce the
state's prison population; many are similar
to CAPPS' Six Strategies. See
here.
Detroit
Renaissance
plan to reshape state spending includes
reducing state's prison population.
See
here. |
| CAPPS
Executive Director Barbara Levine was the
keynote speaker at a Sept. 20 conference in
Grand Rapids on prison reform. Click
here to
read her remarks. |
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Growth in Michigan's Corrections System
Historical and Comparative Perspectives
Influential nonprofit public
affairs research organization report says:
"The single most
important contributing factor in the growth
of Michigan's incarceration rate has been
average prisoner length of stay, which
lengthened from 28.4 months in prison in
1981 to 43.5 months by 2005."
Click
here to
see full report.
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Report from Pew Charitable Trust
reveals Michigan to be
one of four states that spends more on prisons
than on higher education. Click below to see
the report:
One in 100: Behind Bars In American 2008
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Contact
CAPPS at: 403 Seymour Ave., Suite 200
Lansing,
MI
48933
Phone:
517-482-7753
Fax: 517-482-7754
E-Mail:
capps@capps-mi.org
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has released its long awaited
recommendations to reduce corrections
spending. See reports at:
