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INFORMATION

• NEW: Impacts of Jail Expansion in New York State: A Hidden Burden
• Rising Detention and Growth of Local Jails - explanation of why the number of people in jail is on the rise in the United States
• Chart of Rising Jail Population
• Jail Expansion in New York State Since 1995
• Chart of Increasing Number of People in Detention
• National Jails Planned or Under Construction: "Exploring Jail Operations"
• Chart of National Jails Planned or Under Construction
• Myths and Facts of Detention in the United States
• The Economics of Jail Expansion

CAJE IN YOUR COMMUNITY

• A How-To-Guide to Organizing for Alternatives to Jail in Your Community

FACT SHEETS

• Cost Effective Ways to Address Jail Overcrowding without New Construction
• Do Short Stays in Jail Prevent Crime?
• Alternatives to Detention for Federal Detainees
• Environmental Impacts of Jails on the Local Community
• Jail Expansion in New York State

LINKS

+ Information on Jail Reform

• National Institute of Corrections
• Pre-Trial Services Resource Center
• Vera Institute of Justice

+ Research

• Justice Policy Institute
• Justice Strategies
• Public Bonds Project - Good Jobs FIrst
• Real Cost of Prisons Project
• Sentencing Project

+ Community Campaigns Against Jail Expansion

• Concerned Communities for Alternatives to Jail - Suffolk County
• South Texans Oppposing Private Prisons

+ Other Community / Activist Groups

• Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility - Prison Design Boycott
• Community Justice Network for Youth
• Critical Resistance
• Families for Freedom
• Friends and Families of Lousinana's Incarcerated Children
• Grassroots Leadership
• Prison Activist Resource Center
• Prison Moratorium Project

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