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Published 2001.
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"[P]rogressive reform of the prison and criminal justice systems, leading to mass decarceration, community-based alternatives to incarceration, and social and economic justice for communities disproportionately targeted by the criminal justice system" is the aim of the Western Prison Project (p. 1). This website provides access to contact information, issues of the newsletter "Justice Matters," fact sheets, and information regarding support organizations.
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