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Over the summer reports started to emerge that revealed that two key advisors for Arizona Governor Jan Brewer had close ties to Corrections Corporation of America . Specifically local CBS affiliate KPOH reported that two of Brewer’s top advisers have connections” to private prison giant Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). Lawrence Lewis, writing for the Daily Kos , reported that Paul Senseman, Brewer’s deputy chief of staff, is a former lobbyist for CCA. His wife…

Login Cabin Ranch Turns a Corner The Bay Citizen, September 12010.

San Francisco’s Juvenile Reentry Court to Participating Youth: We’ve Got Your Back” Foster Care Reform Update: A Briefing for County and Statewide Collaborations, September 2010.

Crime Drops, Immigration Soars in Arizona The Crime Report, August 232010.

The current economic crisis has already had an impact on the crime problem. Cases of reported runaway youth have been rising, stemming directly from the current crisis. Many states have been releasing prisoners by the hundreds, if not thousands, in order to save money. For the first time since 1972 we saw a reduction in the overall prison population in 2009 . A survey of 233 police departments by the Police Executive Research Forum in early 2009 found that 43 percent of the…