From: "Pope, Karen O." <POPEKJ@uwec.edu> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:37:20 -0600 Subject: ACTION NEEDED: JONAH's Treatment Instead of Prison initiative PLEASE SIGN ONLINE PETITION TO GOV DOYLE Message-ID: <4F19260FE7477F4DA03B00B62E7F639076BE758AEC@CHERRYPEPSI.uwec.edu>
Dear SFPJ:
The attached letter concerns local peace & justice group JONAH's work to pr
omote community based treatment instead of prisons. In the attachment, you
can read the statistics sited for the many reasons to change the state app
roach towards nonviolent offenders including racial inequities, increased i
ncarceration costs and lack of effectiveness.
There is also a link to sign the ONLINE PETITION TO GOV. DOYLE at http://ww
w.wisdomwi.org/ WI spends more on prisons than on education or health care
per citizen. It's time to change that. For more info, you could contact
anyone at the JONAH group: http://www.gamaliel.org/Wisdom/Jonah/contact.ht
m.
Thanks for your quick action on this.
Karen Osborne Pope
Associate Professor Emerita, McIntyre Library
University of WI - Eau Claire
popekj@uwec.edu
cell 715 529 0272