FreedomWorks Continues Lone Star Tour in Dallas
On December 13, FreedomWorks was delighted to sponsor an evening event at Outlaw Barbecue in Grand Prairie, Texas. The meeting was the second in our Lone Star Tour, comprised of…
FreedomWorks Kicks Off Lone Star Tour in Austin
On December 12, FreedomWorks was delighted to sponsor an evening event in Austin, Texas at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. The meeting was the first in our Lone Star Tour,…
Justice Reform Package Passes through Oklahoma Legislature, Soon to be Signed into Law
In recent years, several conservative states have been at the forefront in tackling justice reform. As documented in the report Federalism in Action: How Conservative States Got Smart on…
Economically Free States Are the Most Successful
The benefit of America’s federalist system, in which the states are largely free to set their own laws and regulations, is that these “laboratories of democracy” allow us to see…
Fair Chances: How Lawmakers Can Disrupt the Cycle of Crime and Poverty
Much of the efforts to reform the justice system have been concentrated on front-end sentencing and back-end reentry reform. When it comes to sentencing reform, the idea is that a…
Federalism in Action: How Conservative States Got Smart on Crime
Justice reform has become a hot topic on Capitol Hill. Members of Congress from both parties are pushing for substantive reforms that would bring rehabilitative programs to the federal corrections…
Justice reform can happen this year, and grassroots conservatives should lead the charge
Over the past several weeks, President Barack Obama has increasingly spoke of the need to reform the United States’ justice system. In mid-July, for example, he spoke at the NAACP’s…
Conservative states focused on reducing repeat offender rates to disrupt the cycle of crime and save taxpayers money
It is easy to look at the decline in violent crime rates and believe that lengthy prison sentences mandated by Congress were the catalyst. Unfortunately, Wall Street Journal columnist…
Conservatives have proven that justice reform lowers crime rates and keeps communities safe
Last week, Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) gave his support to the SAFE Justice Act, a comprehensive bill that would make a number of significant and substantive changes to federal…
Savings from prison reforms in Texas top $3 billion, crimes rates hit lowest point since 1968
"By being more intelligent about who you send to prison, being more selective in that, and putting resources into drug treatment, mental health treatment, and things that keep people out…