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Submitted by james on 05/02/2009
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Changing the way Americans think about punishment
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http://www.sentencingproject.org/

The Sentencing Project is changing the way Americans think about punishment.  It does this by publisizing often overlooked statistics on disparities in the justice system and working for a fair and effective reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration. The primary advocacy focuses of The Sentencing Project are sentencing policy, incarcertation, racial disparity, felony disenfranchisement, drug policy, collateral concequences and women in the justice system.  Some of the organizatins findings are as follows:

*Sentencing Policy - Changes in sentencing law and policy, not increases in crime rates, explain most of the five-fold increase in the national prison population.

*Incarceration - The United States is the world's leader in incarceration with 2.2 million people currently in the nation's prisons or jails.

*Racial Disparity - Two-thirds of the people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities.

*Felony Disenfranchisement - More than 5 million Americans are denied the right to vote due to felony convictions.

 

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The Sentencing Project is a national organization working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration.
 

*Sentencing Policy - Changes in sentencing law and policy, not increases in crime rates, explain most of the five-fold increase in the national prison population. Find out more.

*Incarceration - The United States is the world's leader in incarceration with 2.2 million people currently in the nation's prisons or jails. Find out what led to this 500% increase over the past thirty years.

*Racial Disparity - Two-thirds of the people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities.

*Felony Disenfranchisement - More than 5 million Americans are denied the right to vote due to felony convictions.

*Drug Policy - The “war on drugs” has been the single greatest factor in the dramatic rise in the U.S. prison population.

*Women in the Justice System - The number of women in prison is increasing at nearly double the rate for men.

*Collateral Consequences -In addition to a sentence imposed by a judge, a felony conviction can result in many barriers to social and economic success that can continue for a lifetime.
 

 

 

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The Sentencing Project
Suite 1000
514 Tenth Street, NW 20004
Phone: 202-628-0871
staff@sentencingproject.org

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Good afternoon Mr. Moreau and thanks for your email. Please do use our
logo from our Web site. We would simply like to request that you send us
a link so we are familiar with where our information will be located
once it's posted.

Take care,

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Zerline Hughes
Communications Associate
The Sentencing Project
514 Tenth Street NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004
(202) 628-0871
(202) 628-1091 fax
www.sentencingproject.org
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-----Original Message-----
From: James Moreau [mailto:james.r.moreau@gmail.com]
Sent: Wed 5/27/2009 9:57 PM
To: STAFF
Subject: Photo Permission Request -- The Boston Foundation Hub of
Innovation Project

Dear The Sentencing Project:

My name is James Moreau and I am working as a consultant for
Planet-TECH Associates (www.planet-tech.com) on behalf of The Boston
Foundation (www.tbf.org). I am writing to seek permission to use a
logo and or photo from your website as part of a feature description
of your program that is being highlighted by The Boston Foundation
on their Boston Indicators Hub of Innovations website.

http://www.bostonindicators.org/IndicatorsProject/Content.aspx?id=614

The Boston Foundation is one of the oldest, largest, and most
respected community development foundations in the United States.
Their Hub of Innovations site highlights exemplary programs that have
a positive impact on the quality of life for municipalities.

The new site is being updated currently, so your prompt response is
greatly appreciated.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best regards,

James Ryan Moreau
James.R.Moreau@gmail.com
617-996-9157 (ask for James or Seth)
Planet Tech Associates
http://www.planet-tech.com/

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Encouraging Heightened Citizen Invovment and Participation in Criminal Justice Reform

THE SENTENCING PROJECT

The Sentencing Project is a national organization working for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration.

The Sentencing Project was founded in 1986 to provide defense lawyers with sentencing advocacy training and to reduce the reliance on incarceration. Since that time, The Sentencing Project has become a leader in the effort to bring national attention to disturbing trends and inequities in the criminal justice system with a successful formula that includes the publication of groundbreaking research, aggressive media campaigns and strategic advocacy for policy reform.

As a result of The Sentencing Project's research, publications and advocacy, many people know that this country is the world's leader in incarceration, that one in three young black men is under control of the criminal justice system, that five million Americans can't vote because of felony convictions, and that thousands of women and children have lost welfare, education and housing benefits as the result of convictions for minor drug offenses.

The Sentencing Project is dedicated to changing the way Americans think about crime and punishment.

*Sentencing Policy - Changes in sentencing law and policy, not increases in crime rates, explain most of the five-fold increase in the national prison population. Find out more.

*Incarceration - The United States is the world's leader in incarceration with 2.2 million people currently in the nation's prisons or jails. Find out what led to this 500% increase over the past thirty years.

*Racial Disparity - Two-thirds of the people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities.

*Felony Disenfranchisement - More than 5 million Americans are denied the right to vote due to felony convictions.

*Drug Policy - The “war on drugs” has been the single greatest factor in the dramatic rise in the U.S. prison population.

*Women in the Justice System - The number of women in prison is increasing at nearly double the rate for men.

*Collateral Consequences -In addition to a sentence imposed by a judge, a felony conviction can result in many barriers to social and economic success that can continue for a lifetime.
 

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