by Joseph D. Allen, Esq. | Feb 13, 2018 | All CJS Blog, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Blog, NCIA Blog, News
For advocates of prison reform like us at NCIA, it was welcome to read that the administration’s proposed FY 2019 budget “Strengthens Prisoner Reentry Programming” in the BOP by providing $739 million in funding for reentry programming: Yet, aside...
by Joseph D. Allen, Esq. | Dec 4, 2017 | All CJS Blog, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Blog, NCIA Blog, News
In May, the Trump administration issued a document called “Major Savings and Reforms BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT Fiscal Year 2018.” In this document, the administration claimed that it cut $888 million from the BOP’s budget by cancelling the construction of the...
by Joseph D. Allen, Esq. | Jun 23, 2016 | All CJS Blog, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Blog
The NYPD Office of the Inspector General issued a report yesterday confirming what many criminal justice academics, journalists, and advocates have been saying for years: the NYPD’s intrusive “Broken Windows” policy had no measurable effect on...
by Megan Hill | Dec 31, 2014 | All CJS Blog, Criminal Justice, Criminal Justice Blog
Community service works because it offers judges an alternative sentence for defendants who would better serve the community in a structured and rigorous community service placement than behind bars. Often white collar criminals are first time offenders who can offer...
