Public Safety, Fiscal Responsibility, and Justice: Lessons from the States

Faced with budget crises and failures in the justice system, many states have implemented smart-on-crime policies to protect both public safety and taxpayer dollars. Members of Congress who seek to rein in spending while improving the effectiveness of the criminal justice system should look to state leaders who have already developed and put into practice improvements to state systems. 

At this briefing, a distinguished panel of state practitioners and policy experts will offer their experiences studying and implementing smart-on-crime approaches to criminal justice.

Panelists

• David Keene, Member, Right on Crime; Former Chair, American Conservative Union
• Justice Beverly Lake, Former Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court; Founder, North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission
• Anne Morrison Piehl, Economist at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, and Princeton University; co-author of Prison State: the Challenge of Mass Incarceration (Cambridge University Press)
• A.T. Wall, Director, Rhode Island Department of Corrections
• Christopher Durocher, Government Affairs Counsel, The Constitution Project, Criminal Justice Program (Moderator)

Lunch will be provided.

Location

U.S. Capitol Visitor Center
Meeting Room South
1st Street SE and East Capitol Street NE
Washington, D.C.

The Open Society Foundations are a member of the Smart on Crime Coalition, which organized this event.