How Justice Reinvestment Can Benefit Louisiana

By Justin Spittler

07/14/2016

To free up funds, states pass measures that focus their prison beds on serious violent offenders, and reinvest a portion of the savings into evidence-backed prison alternatives.

TAGS: Criminal Justice Reform, incarceration rate, Justice Reinvestment Task Force, Louisiana

Why Conservatives Are Embracing Criminal Justice Reform

By Justin Spittler

06/15/2016

Our neighbors have paved the way: now Louisiana is positioned to engage in a substantive effort to improve its criminal justice system and to yield the benefits that so many other states are enjoying.

TAGS: Criminal Justice Reform, incarceration rate, Justice Reinvestment Task Force, Right On Crime, Smart on Crime

Streamlining Medical Parole to Ensure Public Safety and Protect Taxpayers

By Margaret Viator

03/31/2014

The nation’s older inmate population is expected to increase exponentially again over the next decade, with associated health costs spiraling higher.

TAGS: Criminal Justice Reform, incarceration rate, medical parole, Right On Crime, Smart on Crime Louisiana

Smart on Sentencing, Smart on Crime: An Argument for Reforming Louisiana’s Determinate Sentencing Laws

By Margaret Viator

10/29/2013

A new study details how Louisiana can reduce its prison population and corrections spending without lessening public safety by eliminating mandatory minimum sentences for nonviolent offenders and reforming its habitual offender law.

TAGS: Bobby Jindal, Criminal Justice Reform, determinate sentencing, incarceration rate, Louisiana, mandatory minimums, Reason Foundation, Texas Public Policy Foundation

Tough on Crime or Right on Crime?

By Sarah Harbison

07/26/2013

Louisiana can find a better way to fight crime, prioritize victims and protect taxpayers.

TAGS: Austin Badon, Criminal Justice Reform, incarceration rate, Louisiana, Right On Crime, Sentencing Commission, Texas Public Policy Foundation

Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government

In their report “Antitrust & Enforcement: Letting Markets Work without Empowering Government,” Ted Bolema, Ph.D., J.D., Antitrust and Competition Fellow at the Innovators Network Foundation, and Vance Ginn, Ph.D., Chief Economist at the Pelican Institute, write that while the current frustrations with the size of large tech companies and censorship practices may be warranted, giving...

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