Tommy Thompson — State and Local Issues — Galsworthy Criminal Justice Reform Program

State and Local Issues

Because 90% of all prisoners in the United States are in state facilities, the work that states are doing to reduce their prison populations is crucial. Attempting to end mass incarceration necessitates realizing this is a situation requiring not one national solution, but fifty state solutions. Below are current state solutions that could be effectively modeled by other states for meaningful reform.

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“Wisconsin is positioned to address the problems of overcrowded and unsafe prisons at the same time. Assuming there is only one solution, e.g. building new prisons, to a problem is folly. Old prisons that pose significant risk to officers and inmates alike need to be addressed and closed if necessary. It would be foolish to not examine why so many prisons are needed in the first place. The legislature and the administration should closely examine if truth sentencing, as it exists today, simply results in warehousing people. As Governor Thompson suggested it’s not benefitting public safety.“

Right on Crime

September 24, 2018

State ReformsPhillip ReevesSeptember 25, 2018Right on Crime, Wisconsin, Tommy ThompsonComment

State and Local Issues

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