{"id":2191,"date":"2011-04-13T19:07:40","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T23:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/misplaced-priorities-over-incarcerate-under-educate-naacp.html"},"modified":"2011-04-13T19:07:40","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T23:07:40","slug":"misplaced-priorities-over-incarcerate-under-educate-naacp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/misplaced-priorities-over-incarcerate-under-educate-naacp.html","title":{"rendered":"Misplaced Priorities: Over Incarcerate, Under Educate —NAACP"},"content":{"rendered":"What can get Grover Norquist and the President of the NAACP on the same stage?\nA new\n\nreport from NAACP:<\/a>\n
\n\n<\/a>\nMisplaced Priorities tracks the steady shift of state funds away from\neducation and toward the criminal justice system. Researchers have\nfound that over-incarceration most often impacts vulnerable and minority\npopulations, and that it destabilizes communities.\n<\/blockquote>\nAnd this is not just finger-pointing; it includes pointers on\nhow to get out of this mess:\n
\nThe report is part of the NAACP’s “Smart and Safe Campaign,” and\noffers a set of recommendations that will help policymakers in all 50\nstates downsize prison populations and shift the savings to education\nbudgets.\n<\/blockquote>\nShort version:\n\n\n
\n“They don\u2019t need prison. Sending them to rehab costs less.”\n<\/blockquote>\nThat’s \nNAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous on Morning Joe a week ago.<\/a>\n

\n\n<\/a>\nAnd talk about strange bedfellows, here’s\n\nNAACP’s president\nand Grover Norquist doing a press conference together.<\/a>\n

\n“It’s time to stop being tough and stupid and be smart and safe.”\n

\n“A family can only afford to be rich and stupid for one generation,\nand we are way past that.”\n

\n—NAACP President Benjamin Todd Jealous\n<\/blockquote>\nHe recommends reinvesting much of the saved money in education.\n

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