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| Texas, Georgia, Mississippi Set Conservative Example for Criminal Justice Reform |
| By news.gnom.es |
| Published: 11/19/2014 |
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Everything is bigger in Texas, but there’s one thing even swaggering state officials are proud to boast is shrinking: the state’s mass incarceration rate. In the last five years, the Lone Star State’s imprisonment rate declined by 10 percent, while crime has dropped 18 percent. Texas is regarded as an early adopter of reforms now being considered across the country, finding itself in the company of other, bluer states that in recent years have shrunk their incarceration rates by even more. Texas – often the site of hyper-polarizing polices on issues like abortion, voting rights and education – has become a rallying point for political activists of all stripes who support criminal justice reform. And it was not just liberal peaceniks who led the charge in the state, but red-blooded conservatives who saw that their war on budgets required an adjustment to their war on crime. Given the success of the policies instituted, Texas and the right-leaning states that followed its lead have provided political cover for Republicans nationwide – particularly after the red wave of the 2014 midterms – to hop on board with measures that would cut down on prison populations across the country. Read More. |
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