Coalition for Public Safety

The Coalition for Public Safety is a bipartisan coalition of American advocacy groups dedicated to criminal justice reform, established in February 2015.

Coalition for Public Safety

Motto	Advancing criminal justice reform
Formation	19 February 2015 (2015-02-19)
Executive Director	Holly Harris
Endowment	$5 million[1]
Website	www.coalitionforpublicsafety.org

Members

Its members include conservative organizations such as Koch Industries and Americans for Tax Reform, as well as left-wing organizations such as the Center for American Progress and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU).[1] Neera Tanden, the president of the Center for American Progress, said that the Center had been, and would continue to be, critical of the Koch brother companies' agenda, but added that "where we can find common ground on issues, we will go forward".[2]

Goals

The organization plans a multimillion-dollar campaign in support of proposals to reduce prison populations and recidivism, among other initiatives.[2] The ACLU's executive director, Anthony D. Romero, has said that the Coalition plans to target civil forfeiture as one of their first areas for reform.[3]

References

1. Altman, Alex (19 February 2015). "Criminal Justice Reform is Becoming Washington's Bipartisan Cause". Time. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
2. Hulse, Carl (19 February 2015). "Unlikely Cause Unites the Left and the Right: Justice Reform". New York Times. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
3. Ford, Matt (25 February 2015). "Can Bipartisanship End Mass Incarceration?". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2 March 2015.