JPI to Weigh in on Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration During Congressional Briefing

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By justicepolicy.org

Published: 02/22/2012

You're invited to attend Capitol Hill briefing Thursday February 23, 2012

The Justice Policy Institute will participate in a Congressional briefing hosted by the ACLU entitled, "Banking on Bondage: Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration" on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at the U.S. House of Representatives Rayburn Office Building, Room 2226 from 3 to 5 p.m.

There are currently over 2.2 million people incarcerated in local jails or in state or federal prisons in the United States. This mass imprisonment of human beings is both a moral failure and an economic one -- especially at a time when more and more Americans are struggling to make ends meet and when state governments confront enormous fiscal crises. Private prisons house approximately 16% of all federal prisoners and nearly half of all immigration detainees. Although supporters of private prisons tout the idea that governments can save money through private facilities, the evidence for supposed cost savings is mixed at best.

Welcome remarks by:

David Fathi, Director, American Civil Liberties Union, National Prison Project (Moderator)

Panelists include:

Bill Mefford, Director, Civil and Human Rights, General Board of Church and Society, The United Methodist Church

Joshua Miller, Labor Economist, American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees

David Shapiro, Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union, National Prison Project

Tracy Velázquez, Executive Director, Justice Policy Institute
Please RSVP to Dan Zeidman at dzeidman@dcaclu.org or (202) 675-2336.

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