Articles

The Caging of America: Why do we lock up so many people? 

By: Adam Gopnik

Date: January 30, 2012

Source: The New Yorker

Budget Crunch Forces A New Approach to Prisons

By Carrie Johnson

Date: February 15, 2011

Organizations

Drop the Rock 

Drop the Rock, coordinated by the Correctional Association of New York, is a statewide alliance of individuals and organizations dedicated to downsizing New York’s prison system.

Factsheet

Prison Downsizing Brochure 

This pamphlet was published by Drop the Rock. In which, they poses the question: Why is New York Wasting Millions on Empty Prison Beds? They also provide alternatives which if enforced could discontinue the State’s wasteful spending.

Legislation

Time’s Up For New York Prisons: Proposals to close prisons, cut costs, and build communities

“This policy paper presents the agenda for the Correctional Association of New York’s Drop the Rock Campaign and outlines the six major strategies for reducing incarceration, saving critically needed tax dollars and reinvesting constructively in disadvantaged communities.”