Kevin Mannix's Oregon Hotel chain Factoid- At one time not very long ago, Oregon had the HIGHEST per capita imprisonment rate of any NATION IN THE WORLD, including Red China.   What do you suppose might be the cause of that? A High crime rate?

Kevin Mannix is just another old hack Democrat turned "Republican" (RINO) who has elevated himself by standing on the bones of the victims of his malicious "Law and Order" career.  Under his "leadership", more and more conduct has been criminalized to the point that at least one in 30 men between the ages of 20 and 34 is behind bars (from PEW Report)

Mannix is best known for Oregon Measure 11, Mandatory Minimum Sentencing.  Studies have shown that Measure 11 has nothing to do with a lower crime rate.

"The point is getting tough on crime has gotten tough on taxpayers," Adam Gelb, director of the public safety performance project at the Pew Center.

Nor has it been so hot for the maliciously prosecuted and INNOCENT accused people in the unconstitutional administrative law statute "courts" of Oregon.  

REPORTS

One in 100: Behind Bars in America 2008
Feb 28, 2008 - A new report by Pew's Public Safety Performance Project details how, for the first time in history, more than one in every 100 adults in America are in jail or prison—a fact that significantly impacts state budgets without delivering a clear return on public safety.
Read: Summary View: Full Report (Adobe PDF)

 Chart from above PEW "One in 100" Report

NEW YORK -- Reversing decades of tough-on-crime policies, including mandatory minimum prison sentences for some drug offenders, many cash-strapped states are embracing a view once dismissed as dangerously naive: It costs far less to let some felons go free than to keep them locked up.

Prisons lock in chunk of budget 
Oregon tops the U.S. in spending the biggest percentage of state funds on corrections

FACTBOX • Behind bars in Oregon • Prison nation

Friday, February 29, 2008 
ASHBEL S. GREEN 
The Oregonian Staff

Oregon spends a bigger percentage of its state budget to lock up criminals and supervise their parole than any other state, according to a new study that examined three decades of prison growth across America.

And if Oregon voters approve one of two tough-on-crime measures on the November ballot, that distinction will become more pronounced.

A study by Pew Center on the States found that for the first time in U.S. history, more than one in 100 adults is in prison or a local jail. The cause: longer criminal sentences that have seen the nation's prison population nearly triple since 1987 to 1.6 million inmates.

Oregon has seen a faster growth in prison inmates, from about 4,000 to more than 13,500.

The main reason in Oregon: Measure 11, the 1994 initiative that set mandatory minimum sentences for violent crimes. It is responsible for 28 percent of today's prison population.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski said through a spokeswoman that one of the government's primary responsibilities is to protect its citizens, but prisons should only be part of the answer.

"The governor doesn't believe that the only way to reduce crime is by just building more prisons," said Anna Richter Taylor.

The November ballot will give voters a choice in attacking crime and punishment. Both measures increase penalties for drug dealers, burglars, car thieves and identity thieves.

An initiative by Republican activist Kevin Mannix would impose mandatory prison sentences for those crimes and add 4,000 to 6,000 new inmates at a taxpayer cost of $128 million to $200 million a year.

The Oregon Legislature last week sent an alternative measure to the Nov. 4 ballot that targets repeat offenders. It would add about 1,600 new inmates at a cost of $50 million a year. The legislative proposal also includes $20 million a year for drug and alcohol treatment and county jails and parole officers.

The Pew Report says that the prison population across the country grew 1.4 percent in 2007. Oregon saw a 1.1 percent increase. Kentucky's 12 percent increase was the largest in the country.

The two measures on the November ballot would cause a 12 percent to 44 percent increase in Oregon's prison population.

"Those kinds of numbers would have put Oregon at the top of the heap in terms of prison growth this year," said Adam Gelb, director of the public safety performance project at the Pew Center.

And in fact, Gelb said, many states are looking to reduce prison population growth.

Exhibit A: Texas, which has increased parole and treatment centers and now projects no growth in its prison population for the next five years.

"They haven't gone soft on crime in Texas. They've gotten smart," Gelb said.

Mannix said that Oregon's incarceration rate is below the national average. But the costs are high because of well-compensated corrections officers, he said. And you get what you pay for, Mannix argued, saying that state prisons are among the most drug-free in the country.

Oregon prison officials questioned the Pew numbers, and also pointed out that the Department of Corrections funnels about 20 percent of its budget directly to counties for jails and parole.

Gelb said there is no perfect way to compare states.

But in any case, he said, the thrust of the report shows the enormous cost of long prison sentences. Certainly, he said, violent crime rates have dropped over the last few decades, and prisons deserve some credit.

Oregon has seen an even greater drop in violent crime than the rest of the country on average since Measure 11 passed.

But Gelb said that recidivism rates have still remained stubbornly high and prison budgets take away from other programs.

"The point is getting tough on crime has gotten tough on taxpayers," he said.

Ashbel S. (Tony) Green: 503-221-8202; tonygreen@news.oregonian.com

http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/1204259110324800.xml&coll=7

Prison inmates: 13,523 Jail inmates: Roughly 7,400 Prisons: 14 State money spent in 2007-09 for corrections: $1,263,842,285 Growth estimate if voters approve Mannix measure: 4,000 to 6,000 more inmates Growth estimate if voters approve legislative alternative: 1,600 more inmates Source: Oregon Department of Corrections

Prison and jail population: 2.3 million U.S. adult population: 230 million Who's behind bars? Adult men: 1 in 54 Adult white men: 1 in 106 Adult Latino men: 1 in 36 Adult African American men: 1 in 15 National corrections spending: 1987: $10.6 billion 2007: $44 billion Percent of state funds spent on corrections: First: Oregon: 10.9 percent Last: Alabama: 2.6 percent Note: Oregon was one of four states that spent more on corrections than on higher education. Source: Pew Center on the States

Partnership For Safety and Justice
www.safetyandjustice.org

503-335-8559 · PO Box 40085 · Portland, OR 97240-0085 · 503-232-1922 (fax)

March 12, 2008

...On one hand we believe the landscape for sentencing reform in Oregon has been warming over the past few years.  On the other hand, we will be involved in an intense battle in 2008 to defeat a ballot initiative that could be the worst thing to happen to Oregon's criminal justice system since the passage of Measure 11's mandatory minimums in 1994.

Kevin Mannix, the author of Measure 11, has collected enough signatures to put an initiative on the ballot in November 2008 that would create a new set of mandatory minimum sentences for the property and drug-related offenses.  The state has estimated that if the measure is passed it could grow our prison population by almost 45% within the first three years alone while costing well over a billion dollars in new prison construction and operation.  This would be devastating for Oregon. Mannix is banking on simplistic thinking by the electorate.  We thin people would rather invest in prevention strategies like drug treatment and save taxpayer dollars to invest in schools, healthcare, and higher education.

The stakes are huge.  We are preparing for and unprecedented level of community outreach and need all the support we can get.  We are working to change a system based primarily on punishment and warehousing more and more prisoners.  We think we can effectively move the state toward policies that invest in real community safety and strong rehabilitative and transition programs.  Working together we can reduce violence, recidivism and increase public safety without building more prisons.

...Thank You, 

David Rogers
Executive Director

Comparing Legislative Property Crime Ballot Measure to Mannix’s Initiative Petition 40

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