Public Policy Project / Drop the Rock
The Correctional Association's Public Policy Project's current principal goal is to reduce overincarceration in New York State. To acheive this objective, the Project coordinates the Drop the Rock Coalition, which advocates for policies that reduce incarceration rates, including repealing the vestiges of the Rockefeller Drug Laws.
Through education, organizing and advocacy, Drop the Rock aims to decrease the number of people who are incarcerated in New York and reduce the bed capacity of the state prison system.
Our grassroots campaign promotes full repeal of the Rockefeller Drug Laws and constructive reforms to parole and work release policies, which cause the unnecessary imprisonment of thousands of people each year. In addition we strongly advocate for reinvestment in alternative, prevention, and in-prison rehabilitation programs to prepare people for successful reentry.
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PROJECT NEWS
Save the Date: Advocacy Day 2010
Drop the Rock's annual Advocacy Day will be held in Albany on March 16. Register now
Beginning of the End of the Rockefeller Drug Laws
On April 24, 2009, Governor David Paterson signed into law significant reforms marking the beginning of the end of New York’s notorious Rockefeller Drug Laws.
2010 POLICY AGENDA
Reducing overincarceration