What is Justice Reinvestment without the `reinvestment`?
(WorldNews Business)

The comprehensive criminal justice reform legislation up for debate this week in the Senate is a noteworthy achievement in every respect but one-its failure to take on the delicate subject of reinvestment. Criminal justice reform is largely about offering alternatives to incarceration and providing evidence-based programs to reduce recidivism for those returning from incarceration. These activities require resources that current budgeting practices are unlikely to produce. At a community event in Worcester last week, we heard how the WISER program, which , had been defunded and abandoned. Last spring, we saw successful reitem programs in Boston unravel due to lack of funding. This occurred...