ColorOfChange | Lift up, don't lock up New Orleans

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head><script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/bundle-playback.js?v=HxkREWBo" charset="utf-8"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/wombat.js?v=txqj7nKC" charset="utf-8"></script> <script>window.RufflePlayer=window.RufflePlayer||{};window.RufflePlayer.config={"autoplay":"on","unmuteOverlay":"hidden"};</script> <script type="text/javascript" src="/_static/js/ruffle/ruffle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript"> __wm.init("https://web.archive.org/web"); __wm.wombat("http://www.colorofchange.org:80/campaign/new-orleans-per-diem/","20140727160323","https://web.archive.org/","web","/_static/", "1406477003"); </script> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/banner-styles.css?v=S1zqJCYt" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/_static/css/iconochive.css?v=3PDvdIFv" />  <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"/> <title>ColorOfChange | Lift up, don't lock up New Orleans</title> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/web/20140727160323cs_/http://www.colorofchange.org/static/css/main.css"/> <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1"> <link rel="shortcut icon" href="/web/20140727160323im_/http://www.colorofchange.org/favicon.ico" type="image/x-icon"/> <meta property="fb:admins" content="701690"/> <meta property="fb:app_id" content="127053160685288"/> <meta property="og:type" content="article"/> <meta property="article:publisher" content="https://www.facebook.com/colorofchange"/> <meta name="twitter:card" content="summary"> <meta name="twitter:site" content="@colorofchange"> </head> <body> <div id="wrapper" class="red_border"> <div id="header"> <div class="wrapper_inner"> <div class="logo"> <h1><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/">ColorOfChange.org changing the color of democracy</a></h1> </div> <nav class="navigator"> <ul id="header-nav" class="list-nav"> <li id="tab_about" class="orange"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/about/">about</a></li> <li id="tab_campaigns" class="red"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaigns/">campaigns</a></li>  <li id="tab_press" class="yellow"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/press/">press</a></li> <li id="tab_donate" class="blue"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/donate/?source=donate_navbar">donate</a></li>  <li id="tab_contact" class="green"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/contact/">contact</a></li> </ul> </nav>  </div> </div> <div class="wrapper_inner"> <div id="content" class="campaign_page">  <div class="two_frame">  <div class="left_frame">  <div class="first_block_no_border"> <h2>Lift up, don't lock up New Orleans</h2> <p id="campaign_start_date">Nov 21 2011</p> <div class="text_frame"> <span class="image"> <img src="/web/20140727160323im_/http://www.colorofchange.org/media/uploads/campaign_image/opp.216x160.jpg" alt=""/> </span> <div class="text"><p>Last February, New Orleans' ColorOfChange members, in partnership with the Juvenile Justice Project of Louisiana and the Orleans Parish Prison Reform Coalition, secured a monumental victory for the city's future when the City Council voted unanimously to stop the construction of an outrageous 5,800-bed prison and cap the size of Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) at 1438 beds. This marked a major step in reforming New Orleans' criminal justice system. A critical component to maintaining this progress depends on ending the per diem funding system--a policy that pays the Sheriff to lock up more residents for more days. </p> <p>Like cities across the country, New Orleans is facing a fiscal crisis, with valuable social services and programs for youth and families the most threatened by impending budget cuts. Yet, the criminal justice system makes up 61% of the city's general fund in the proposed 2012 budget while services for children and families are just 3%.<br/></p> <p>Click to read the <a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/new-orleans-per-diem/original_email/">original email</a> we sent to members about this campaign.</p> <div class="take_action"> <a class="take_action" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140727160323/http://act.colorofchange.org/cms/view_by_page_id/421/?source=coc_website">Take Action</a> </div> <div class="campaign_areas"> Areas: Criminal Justice | Gulf Coast</div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="block_header"><h3>RELATED CAMPAIGNS</h3></div>  <div class="related_block"> <ul> <li> <div class="image_block"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/justice4ericgarner/"><img src="/web/20140727160323im_/http://www.colorofchange.org/media/uploads/campaign_image/JusticeforEricGarner-family_360_X_268.216x160.png" alt=""/></a></div> <div class="txt_block"> <h4><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/justice4ericgarner/">Eric Garner, choked to death by NYPD officers</a></h4> <p>Demand #Justice4EricGarner and full accountability for NYPD policies that led to the tragic police killing. <a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/justice4ericgarner/">More...</a></p> </div> </li> <li> <div class="image_block"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/temple-university-best-research-money-can-buy/"><img src="/web/20140727160323im_/http://www.colorofchange.org/media/uploads/campaign_image/Private-Prisons--temple_1.216x160.png" alt="Lindsay Eyth image"/></a></div> <div class="txt_block"> <h4><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/temple-university-best-research-money-can-buy/">Temple University: best research money can buy?</a></h4> <p>Two Temple professors released an inaccurate study praising private prisons, without revealing that private prisons funded the study. 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class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/nra-attacks-first-family/">Stop the NRA's attacks on the First Family</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/tell-oxygen-and-its-advertisers-dont-exploit-black-families/">Tell Oxygen and its advertisers: Don't exploit Black families</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/protect-girls/">Vanessa Satten/Harris Publications (XXL)</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/buchanan/">Pat Buchanan/MSNBC</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/goodbye-glenn-beck/">Goodbye, Glenn Beck!</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/bolling/">Eric Bolling/Fox</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/psychology-today/">Satoshi Kanazawa/ Psychology Today</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/huffpost/">Andrew Breitbart/ Huffington Post</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/abc-breitbart/">Andrew Breitbart/ABC</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/turn-off-fox/">Turn Off Fox</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/cnn-echoes-fox/">CNN echoes Fox</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/murdoch_beck/">Murdoch and Beck</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/dobbs-cnn/">Lou Dobbs/CNN</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/stop-glenn-beck/">Stop Glenn Beck</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/nypost/">New York Post</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/fox_obama/">Fox attacks President Obama</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/cbc_fox/">CBC and Fox News</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/bill_benett_CNN/">Bill Bennett/CNN</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="header_box"> <label id="campaign_area_1">Open Internet</label><a href="#" class="arrow_up"> </a> </div> <div class="content_box"> <ul class="link_descriptions"> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/cbc/">Tell Black members of Congress: stop attacking Internet 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href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/cbc_fox/">CBC and Fox News</a></li> </ul> </div> </li> <li> <div class="header_box"> <label id="campaign_area_9">Right-wing Racism</label><a href="#" class="arrow_up"> </a> </div> <div class="content_box"> <ul class="link_descriptions"> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/confirm-debo-adegbile/">Confirm Debo Adegbile</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/tell-clear-channel-take-down-these-billboards/">Tell Clear Channel: Take down these billboards</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/romney/">Tell Mitt Romney to Dump Donald Trump</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/buchanan/">Pat Buchanan/MSNBC</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/goodbye-glenn-beck/">Goodbye, Glenn Beck!</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/bolling/">Eric Bolling/Fox</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/huffpost/">Andrew Breitbart/ Huffington Post</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/abc-breitbart/">Andrew Breitbart/ABC</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/cnn-echoes-fox/">CNN echoes Fox</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/sb-1070/">Arizona's SB1070</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a href="/web/20140727160323/http://www.colorofchange.org/campaign/gop-hate/">GOP hate</a></li> <li class="campaign_title"><a 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