Vera In the News feed

Los Angeles Times, ''L.A. County's Broken Jails: What's the Fix?''

jverdone — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:08:55 -0600

The Los Angeles Times editorial maintains that "asking taxpayers to spend $1.4 billion without having a clear understanding of what is needed to solve the problem is irresponsible." The editorial also cites the final report by Vera's Center on Sentencing and Corrections on its Los Angeles County Jail Overcrowding Reduction Project.

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WNYC, ''New Yorkers Pay More for Prisons than Corrections Budget Discloses''

jverdone — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 09:30:59 -0600

WNYC's Ailsa Chang interviewed Vera director Michael Jacobson about the new report The Price of Prisons: What Incarceration Costs Taxpayers. She writes, "New Yorkers are paying about 23 percent more for state prisons than the state corrections budget actually reflects, according to a new study by the Vera Institute of Justice."

WJBC, ''Study Finds True Costs of Illinois' Prisons''

jverdone — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:13:42 -0600

The Illinois Radio Network's Alex Degman interviewed Christian Henrichson, coauthor of Vera's new report The Price of Prisons: What Incarceration Costs Taxpayers: “(A total of) 32.5 percent of the costs are outside of the corrections budget,” said Henrichson....“Illinois is one of several states whose budgeting convention has it that expenses for employee benefits are budgeted in a central account.”

(Philadelphia) City Paper, ''Pennsylvania Spends Half Billion Dollars More on Prisons than Previously Reported''

jverdone — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:05:41 -0600

A City Paper blog post reports on Vera's new publication, The Price of Prisons: What Incarceration Costs Taxpayers:

Associated Press, ''Prison Dilemma: Surging Numbers of Older Inmates''

jverdone — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:59:43 -0600

An Associated Press article about Old Behind Bars, a new report by Human Rights Watch, cites Vera's report It's About Time:

WAMC, ''Report: New York Spends 22 Percent More on Prisons''

jverdone — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:53:45 -0600

Albany-based WAMC/Northeast Public Radio reported on Vera's new report, The Price of Prisons: What Incarceration Costs Taxpayers. The publication describes a methodology Vera developed to calculate total prison costs, including those costs paid by state agencies other than corrections departments.

WAMC, "Prison Costs: Higher than State Corrections Budgets Reflect"

jverdone — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:26:43 -0600

WAMC/Northeast Public Radio, based in Albany, New York, reported on Vera's new report, The Price of Prisons: What Incarceration Costs Taxpayers. The publication describes a methodology Vera developed to calculate total prison costs, including those costs paid by state agencies other than corrections departments.

Austin American-Statesman, ''New Study: Texas Spends 23 Percent More on Prisons''

jverdone — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:52:45 -0600

Mike Ward writes about Vera's new report, The Price of Prisons: What Incarceration Costs Taxpayers, on the Statesman's blog about Texas government and politics: "Texas taxpayers pay an average 23 percent more for state prisons than the state’s annual corrections budget reflects, a first-of-a-kind national study shows."

Stateline, ''L.A. County jails are a costly resource, study says''

jverdone — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:29:50 -0600

Stateline writes about Vera's new report on overcrowding in Los Angeles County jails and says the report recommends "dealing with the problem by switching to a pre-trial release program that would place more emphasis on a detainee’s perceived public safety or flight risk, rather than the ability to meet bail."

The Oregonian, ''Portland police want to install video cameras in all patrol cars''

jverdone — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:32:43 -0500

This Oregonian article reports on the the Portland Police Bureau's desire to expand its use of video cameras in patrol cars, though budget constraints may delay the process. Maxine Bernstein writes, "Law enforcement and police oversight agencies tout the technology as a way to provide objective evidence, particularly in controversial encounters that otherwise might rely on dueling accounts of what occurred."