Coalition for Public Safety coming to you via the Koch brothers and John Podesta.

"Together with a spate of funding bodies and think-tanks from both right and left of the political spectrum, they have formed the Coalition for Public Safety. Launched on Thursday, it plans over the next few years to lobby for legislative changes at both federal and state level that the groups hope will reduce the US prison population, cut prison budgets and lead to greater fairness for all Americans.

The new alliance will combine the financial might of Koch Industries, the brothers’ company, with prominent philanthropic funders that include Laura and John Arnold, the conservative body Right on Crime and the John D and Catherine MacArthur foundation. On a Thursday call with reporters, the director of the coalition, Christine Leonard, said the initiative reflected “our desire to get past the differences between us and find solutions”.


"Some outside monitoring groups remained skeptical about the true motivation of the Koch brothers, however, in attaching themselves to the new bipartisan push. Lisa Graves, who has investigated the Kochs as the leader of the Center for Media and Democracy, pointed out that as a major backer of the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec), the brothers have helped to spread policies across the states such as “three strikes and you’re out” that have helped to inflate the incarcerated population and encourage the proliferation of private prisons throughout the country.

“Criminal justice reform is long overdue but ALEC fueled the crisis with Koch Industries as a leader of it. Now the Kochs want to take credit for trying to solve a problem they helped cause,” Graves said."


http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2015/02/koch-brothers-team-up-with-liberals-to-battle-us-addiction-to-mass-incarceration/