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• USA Human Rights Violations in Correctional  Practices  A contribution to the 2010 UN Universal Periodic Review
   by NGO International CURE

• The Platform of the NYS Coalition for Rehabilitation and Reentry;  the twelve part Platform of a loose association of more than thirty organizations advocating for a more restorative NYS criminal justice system.
  
          * Take ACTION with the Coalition.
   
               - Please sign the Petition in support of that Coalition Platform.
  
               - Send Sample letters (or emails) in support of each plank of the platform.
  
               - View or download a Coalition Brochure in pdf format. (Spread it around)
   

• Poverty, Prisons, and Social Development, a 15 minute PowerPoint slide show, taken from "Dignity of the Individual," illustrating prisons in the world, rehabilitation programs, and recommendations for prison reform.  (wait 35 seconds for a high speed download)
   
• The Justice Charter
  • Chilling Facts Regarding Our Present  System The NYS criminal justice system in need of reform.
  • Faith Communities Call for Justice The "magna carta" for basic reform of justice in New York State, being signed by representatives of all faith-communities throughout New York State.
  • Eighteen Steps towards fair and restorative justice. A comprehensive program for NYS criminal justice reform.
    
     
• Free Online Education for All, including the Incarcerated

               __Find a selection of over 50 free courses, high school and college, and their URLs
  
               _ Find Major (free) Online Education Resources, sources offering
                        hundreds of quality courses; and learn how to download courses.
  
               _ And a Secure Online Education System, that should be attractive to correctional facilities.

              __See also Group Collaboration and CLEP/ACE for info on facilitators
                             and possible college credits.

              __See also a 10 minute video "Education Reduces Recidivism"
                       on  YouTube    (double-click "YouTube" on left)

   

• Reentry:  23 Steps for a NYS Reentry Plan
• How to Save a Half-Billion Dollars Recommendations on the 2002 NYS Criminal Justice Budget.
• What Works Rehabilitation programs that reduce crime and cost, and needed policy changes to make the system work.
• The Pay-Back What reductions in recidivism, from four types of rehabilitation programs, are worth, in dollars and cents.
• Restorative Justice The use of communities to solve conflicts and to address the roots of the problem.
• Alternative Sanctions Providing appropriate sanctions for offenders. Giving judges greater opportunities to match the punishment to the crime. Helping to relieve prison overcrowding while making cells available for those that deserve them.
• Offender Education Using proven methods for reducing recidivism, and producing taxpayers instead of tax consumers, through education.
• Addiction Treatments More bang for the buck and less crime through effective treatment of addictions.
• Offender Work Programs Getting the work ethic back in our society, and training for productive, tax-paying work.
• Earned Rehabilitation Incentives A proposed extension of current Earned Eligibility programs to accelerate rehabilitation.
• Post Release Transition Reducing recidivism at the most critical time. Making it in the first very tough year after release from prison.

PROBLEMS
 

• A Dialog on Criminal Justice An overview of the problems and solutions.
• Crime The Rise and Fall of Crime and Reasons Why.
• The Prison Boom What's been happening, and how much it's costing us.
• The Death Penalty An Analysis.
• Human Rights Violations in USA Criminal Justice The report-card produced at the CURE International Conference on Human Rights and Prison reform.

        INDIVIDUAL ACTION

• Action Alert An urgent call to action now, so as to influence current events.

  GROUP ACTION

• Helpful New York Agencies Some of the NY agencies that may be helpful to prisoners and their loved ones.

  OTHER VIEWS

• Voter Views What the general public really thinks about prison policies and practices.
• Other Factors ? Food for thought regarding other factors possibly affecting crime.
• Voices From Inside the Prisons A sampling of writings by prisoners.
• Related Web Sites For further information on related topics.

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• About CURE-NY What is CURE-NY, and what are it's objectives?
• Join CURE-NY Now Take that important step to join the efforts to aid rehabilitation, reduce recidivism, reduce crime, and improve the criminal justice system.

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