Coalition for Effective Public Safety
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Coalition for Effective Public Safety (CEPS) is a California-based criminal justice
reform coalition of approximately 40 organizations united behind specific principles aimed at increasing public safety
in California while curtailing the reliance upon costly, ineffective practices such as mass incarceration
. CEPS works through advocacy, organizing and public education to reduce prison spending by:
a. eliminating barriers to successful re-entry for those coming home from prison;
b. reducing recidivism
through effective educational and vocational programming and comprehensive treatment;
c. opposing new prison construction in California;
d. utilizing parole
reform, sentencing reform and re-investment in communities to reduce the number of people in prison.
CEPS member organizations include:
A New Way of Life,
Action Committee for Women in Prison,
All of Us or None,
American Civil Liberties Union
,
American Friends' Service Committee,
A New PATH,
Behind the Walls,
Books Not Bars,
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice,
California Families Against Mandatory Minimums,
California Prison Moratorium Project,
California State NAACP,
Center for Young Women’s Development,
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice,
Centerforce,
Citizens for the Three Strikes Reform,
Critical Resistance
,
Drug Policy Alliance
,
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
,
ESPINO Coalition,
Families to Amend California‘s Three Strikes,
Friends Committee on Legislation,
Get on the Bus,
Justice Now,
Justice Policy Institute,
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children,
Lutheran Office of Public Policy,
Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation, Inc.,
National Action Network- CA Chapter,
PICO California Project,
Progressive Christians Uniting,
SEIU-Local 535,
SEIU-Local 1000,
SEIU-State Council,
Women & Criminal Justice,
Youth Against Youth Incarceration,
Youth In Focus,
Youth Justice Coalition/ Free LA!
Criminal justice
Criminal Justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts...
reform coalition of approximately 40 organizations united behind specific principles aimed at increasing public safety
Public Safety
Public safety involves the prevention of and protection from events that could endanger the safety of the general public from significant danger, injury/harm, or damage, such as crimes or disasters .-See also:* By nation...
in California while curtailing the reliance upon costly, ineffective practices such as mass incarceration
Incarceration
Incarceration is the detention of a person in prison, typically as punishment for a crime .People are most commonly incarcerated upon suspicion or conviction of committing a crime, and different jurisdictions have differing laws governing the function of incarceration within a larger system of...
. CEPS works through advocacy, organizing and public education to reduce prison spending by:
a. eliminating barriers to successful re-entry for those coming home from prison;
b. reducing recidivism
Recidivism
Recidivism is the act of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced negative consequences of that behavior, or have been treated or trained to extinguish that behavior...
through effective educational and vocational programming and comprehensive treatment;
c. opposing new prison construction in California;
d. utilizing parole
Parole
Parole may have different meanings depending on the field and judiciary system. All of the meanings originated from the French parole . Following its use in late-resurrected Anglo-French chivalric practice, the term became associated with the release of prisoners based on prisoners giving their...
reform, sentencing reform and re-investment in communities to reduce the number of people in prison.
CEPS member organizations include:
A New Way of Life,
Action Committee for Women in Prison,
All of Us or None,
American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...
,
American Friends' Service Committee,
A New PATH,
Behind the Walls,
Books Not Bars,
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice,
California Families Against Mandatory Minimums,
California Prison Moratorium Project,
California State NAACP,
Center for Young Women’s Development,
Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice,
Centerforce,
Citizens for the Three Strikes Reform,
Critical Resistance
Critical Resistance
Critical Resistance is a national, member-based grassroots organization that works to build a mass movement to dismantle the prison-industrial complex...
,
Drug Policy Alliance
Drug Policy Alliance
The Drug Policy Alliance is a New York City-based non-profit organization, led by executive director Ethan Nadelmann, with the principal goal of ending the American "War on Drugs"...
,
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
The Ella Baker Center for Human Rights is a non-profit strategy and action center based in Oakland, CA. The stated aim of the center is to work for justice, opportunity and peace in urban America....
,
ESPINO Coalition,
Families to Amend California‘s Three Strikes,
Friends Committee on Legislation,
Get on the Bus,
Justice Now,
Justice Policy Institute,
Legal Services for Prisoners with Children,
Lutheran Office of Public Policy,
Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation, Inc.,
National Action Network- CA Chapter,
PICO California Project,
Progressive Christians Uniting,
SEIU-Local 535,
SEIU-Local 1000,
SEIU-State Council,
Women & Criminal Justice,
Youth Against Youth Incarceration,
Youth In Focus,
Youth Justice Coalition/ Free LA!