Government Affairs
The Justice Center’s government affairs team works to promote the priorities of CSG members and their partners from every state in the nation on Capitol Hill and with the executive branch. Legislative services include educating policymakers on complex criminal justice issues, communicating project findings to legislators that can be applied to policymaking and new practices; developing advocacy strategies, identifying and organizing support groups and coalitions, tracking bills and emerging issues through legislative processes, preparing remarks and testimony at hearings and committee sessions, assisting with editorials and other outreach, and more. The team collaborates with experts from a wide range of disciplines and from all branches of government to ensure that policy and legislative recommendations are practical and based on sound data.
4/8/08 – CSG Justice Center Lauds President’s Passage of Second Chance Act