Make your opinions known to decision-makers on issues of importance to you and Partnership For Safety and Justice Action Network. http://safetyandjustice.e-actionmax.com/alertlist.asp Thu, 9 Sep 2010 07:05:13 GMT Thu, 9 Sep 2010 07:05:13 GMT en-us action alerts thedatabank, inc. Technology for Change. http://www.thedatabank.com/
Oregon currently spends a larger percentage of its general fund budget on corrections than any other state in the country. Our state has fourteen prisons and is planning to build more in the future. Oregon incarceration boom is unsustainable. The more we spend on prisons, the less money is available to fund education programs, drug and alcohol treatment programs, intervention programs for at risk youth programs that cost less than incarceration and prevent crime in the first place. Spending on prisons also takes scarce resources away from programs and services that support survivors of crime. For example, as more and more of the general fund goes to incarceration, less general fund money is available for the Oregon Domestic and Sexual Violence Services Fund (ODSVS), the only general fund money that supports services for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault throughout Oregon. We can stop the incarceration boom. Oregon can save our scarce tax dollars and maintain public safety by investing in programs like community based drug and alcohol treatment, intervention programs for at risk youth, after school programs, re-entry programs for formerly incarcerated people and more. We can also change the way we sentence people to prison by stopping one-size-fits-all sentencing and allowing judges the discretion to determine the appropriate sentence for each individual. We can prevent crime, and we can support services so that when people are hurt by crime or violence, they have resources that can help support them. The first step is letting legislators know that now is the time for change. Send a message to your legislature and encourage him or her to get smart on crime.

Deadline for action: 12/31/2010.]]> http://safetyandjustice.e-actionmax.com/takeaction.asp?aaid=4159 http://safetyandjustice.e-actionmax.com/takeaction.asp?aaid=4159 Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:54:58 GMT