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If tax-paying part-time residents shouldn’t be counted outside their home districts, neither should incarcerated people.
In a recent editorial, “In new Census, home is where the vote should be,” the Times Herald-Record (Orange County, NY), examines the issue of prison-based gerrymandering in the larger context of voting and election law in New York State. If … Continue reading
March MT legislative newsletter…
The March issue of the Montana Legislative Branch Newsletter is available at: www.leg.mt.gov under the heading ‘What’s New’. If you you have any questions or comments about the newsletter contact Jeff Martin at jmartin@mt.gov or Gayle Shirley at gshirley@mt.gov.
February Montana Legislative Branch newsletter available…
The February issue of the Montana Legislative Branch newsletter is available on the legislative branch homepage at www.leg.mt.gov under “What’s New”. Continue reading
First National Summit on “Justice Reinvestment” Held on Capitol Hill
A bipartisan group of congressional and state leaders and experts on criminal justice policy came together yesterday to examine how states are changing their crime and corrections policies through “justice reinvestment”—an approach that uses data-driven, fiscally responsible policies and practices to increase public safety and reduce recidivism and corrections spending. Continue reading
Have info on Montana prison system mental health treatment??
Matt Brown of the Associated Press in Billings is investigating the treatment of people who live with mental illness in the State Prison. Please contact Mr. Brown if you have information that would be helpful. His phone number is (406) 896-1528 and email is:mbrown AT apDOTorg. Continue reading