StumbleUpon.com

Posts tagged as:

growth

Prison/Jail:1 in every 133 U.S. residents in prisons or local jails.

December 9, 2009

Gentlereaders: Thirty-five of the fifty states are undergoing severe fiscal difficulties with the remainder restricting budgets as much as possible. Considering this, it was inevitable that states would begin the process of cutting prison populations. In some states, corrections spend more money than most agencies. States have realized that they cannot control their budgets without [...]

Tagged as: , , , , , , ,

Read the full article →

Gangs:New Resource from DOJ- The National Gang Center

November 17, 2009

 In October 2009, the National Youth Gang Center, which had been funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention since 1995, merged with the National Gang Center (NGC), which had been funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance since 2003. This new partnership recognizes that street gang activities transcend ages of the members [...]

Tagged as: , , , , , ,

Read the full article →