Web watch: the Justice Reinvestment calculator

09/03/2016

Is locking someone in prison money spent wisely? Probably not, according to the Justice Reinvestment Calculator. Available on justreinvest.org.au, the JR calculator sources data describing local health, employment, income, and housing rates. It shows the number of a community’s local people that are going to prison, and the cost to the community caused by high rates of incarceration.