Colorado Prison Spending Meltdown
- March 23, 2006
On Tuesday, February 8th the Independence Institute’s Justice Policy Initiative, the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition, and the Pew Center on the States came together again to hold a panel event at the University Club to discuss the work by the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice (CCJJ) and sentencing reform in 2011. Despite
READ MORERun Time: 0:19:14 MP3 10/02/09 Over the last twenty years, prison spending in Colorado has gone from less than 3 percent to nearly 9 percent of general fund spending in Colorado. The legislature’s ability to effectively impact prison spending lies in it prerogative to write sentencing and parole law. The Colorado Commission on Criminal and
READ MORERun Time: 0:24:40 MP3 08/25/09 Senior fellow Mike Krause interviews Christy Donner of the Colorado Criminal Justice Reform Coalition about runaway prison spending in Colorado, and the ongoing work of the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice. Mike Krause Justice Policy
READ MORERun Time: 0:12:01 MP3 02/24/09 Where does spending on corrections stand in the Colorado budget? Are we paying more per year for housing inmates? Is the inmate population increasing, and if so, does recidivism play a role? Mike Krause joins Amy Oliver to discuss these issues and his event coming up next week at the
READ MOREAugust 21st and 25th – Downzoning Denver Why do the Denver city central planners hate senior fellow Mike Krause’s property rights so much they want to downzone his entire Berkeley neighborhood — so that no one can ever add value to their property through redevelopment? For answers to that question and more tune in to
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