America’s “tough on crime” approach has harmed not only perpetrators of crime, but also their victims, advocates said at Cleveland's City Club last month.
, Brenda Glass, at the February 15 event to discuss public safety and her new book"In Their Names."
Anderson started her career representing parents of incarcerated youth in California, where she says she witnessed the failings of the justice system and over-incarceration. When she later worked in the prosecutor’s office, she says she saw the justice system failing victims — especially victims of color — through systemic disregard.
Since its creation in 2012, the Alliance for Safety and Justice has expanded from California to Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. It advocates for victims, the incarcerated and the many people who are both. An important part of the alliance's work is the, a network of more than 150,000 members hurt by crime and violence.
Through the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration and the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant program, 90 percent of the cost of weapons and technologies were covered. Anderson said that led to massive spending on surveillance equipment including cameras and wiretaps, as well as funding undercover officers and informants.
“She was kidnapped and sexually assaulted for three days straight and the officer who was interviewing her was screaming at her,” Diaz said. “While victims could not get help, while there was no funding to test rape kits, there was plenty of funding to test crack pipes to send people to prison and saddle them with felony convictions.”
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