In this video from the International Criminal Justice Conference in Melbourne, Australia last year, former Texas House Corrections Committee Chairman and Right on Crime senior fellow Jerry Madden shares the Justice Reinvestment approach implemented during Texas’ reform efforts in 2007, which resulted in a reduction of the prison population and an increase in pre- and post-prison programs:

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