LESS JAIL, MORE SCHOOL; FBI DATA SHOWS STATE GOT SAFER AS INCARCERATION LEVELS DROPPED.(Opinion)(Column) From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: September 22, 2008 | COPYRIGHT 2008 All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of The Herald Co. by the Gale Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Marsha Weissman Center for Community Alternatives

The Post-StandardAEs back-to-back editorials supporting reform of New YorkAEs juvenile and criminal justice system (Sept. 15-16) sound the call for changes at the very front end of the system and its back end. As you point out, given the dire economic conditions, we simply cannot afford to incarcerate people when there are more productive, community-based options available.

New York state has a strong foundation on which to build. Just-released data from the FBI shows that New York is the 4th safest state in the ...

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