Sentencing & Incarceration Alternatives

Given the growing overlap between crime and immigration consequences, this OSI announcement may be of interest:

Open Society Institute Seeks Letters of Inquiry for Sentencing & Incarceration Alternatives

  Deadline: Rolling

  The mission of the Open Society Institute’s ( http://www.soros.org/ ) Sentencing & Incarceration Alternatives Project is to reduce the scale of incarceration in the United States.

  To counter radical increases in rates of incarceration and increasingly severe criminal punishments in the United States, the Alternatives Project is offering grants to organizations that advance campaigns, research initiatives, and policies that seek to eliminate race and class disparities in sentencing and incarceration; reduce the length of criminal sentences and promote judicial discretion in sentencing; promote alternatives to incarceration that emphasize rehabilitation and treatment; limit prison growth and prison privatization; and empower communities most affected by mass incarceration to develop and advocate for alternative policies that address underlying social, racial, and economic inequality.

  The Alternatives Project provides funding for policy reform, including the following strategies: grassroots/community-led advocacy, constituency-building, and mobilization; coalition- building; public education; impact litigation; policy-driven research and analysis; and leadership development. The Alternatives Project will consider Letters of Inquiry from advocacy groups, community groups, scholarly or research institutions, government agencies, associations of elected officials, and nonprofit business associations or initiatives.

  Letters of Inquiry must include a preliminary project budget and amount requested (there is no minimum or maximum request).

  Visit the OSI Web site for complete program guidelines.

  RFP Link: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/focus_areas/sentencing/guidelines

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