The Three-Ring Bond Circus: How bond deals work
The process of putting together a bond deal is complicated and delicate. Investors choose from thousands of options when buying municipal bonds and most seek deals that involve something between little...
View ArticleDoing borrowed time: The high cost of back-door prison finance
In the face of tight budgets and growing public opposition to new prison spending, officials in many states have employed a variety of "back-door" schemes to finance new prison construction. The...
View ArticleDownscaling Prisons: Lessons from Four States
Documents: Downscaling PrisonsDownsizing Prisons is a collaborative research effort between Justice Strategies and The Sentencing Project that examines four states – Kansas, Michigan, New Jersey, and...
View ArticleShrinking Pa.'s Prison Population
Link: Read the original articleSource: Philadelphia Inquirer Author: Marc Mauer and Judith Greene Date of Publication: Thu, 03/25/2010A new report by the Pew Center on the States shows that while the...
View ArticlePrivate Prisons Equal Big Business
Link: Read the original articleSource: Politic365 Author: Stacy Brown Date of Publication: Thu, 05/30/2013Justice Strategies' Director, Judith Greene, is quoted in an article entitled Private Prisons...
View ArticlePrisoners in Multiple States Call for Strikes to Protest Forced Labor
Link: Read the original articleSource: The Intercept Author: Alice Speri Date of Publication: Mon, 04/04/2016Related JS Publications: Ending Mass Incarceration: Charting a New Justice...
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