Lori Grange from www.pewtrusts.com (http://www.pewtrusts.com) was having callers call in yesterday with issues regarding prisons.

State Sentencing & Corrections> http://www.pewtrusts.com/graphics/dot.gifThe Public Safety Performance Project, launched in 2006 as an operating project of the Trusts, supports in-depth research and public and policy-maker education to help states increase public safety, manage corrections spending and hold offenders accountable.
The project has three main objectives. First, it helps states collect and analyze data about who is admitted to their prisons, how long they stay, who returns, and the implications of those practices for public safety and state budgets. Second, the initiative aids states in understanding how their existing sentencing, release and community-supervision policies compare to those of other states.
Finally, the initiative encourages states to use all of this information and the best available research to explore policy changes that will increase public safety and deliver a solid return on taxpayers’ investment

http://newsroom.pewtrusts.org/2007/0...ost_up_to.html (http://newsroom.pewtrusts.org/2007/02/prison_growth_could_cost_up_to.html)

WTF is this?

It just happened to be a television show I tuned into on taking calls from callers on ways to reduce recividism. I found it very interesting.

My son sent me an article that was in the USA newsline that had a research done by this very group.........cool!