Stop Private Foundations From ‘Partnering’ to Fund Deadly Government Criminal-Justice Policies

Why was Decarlos Brown Jr. — with a long and violent rap sheet, not to mention severe mental illness — free to stab Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on a Charlotte light-rail train last month?

Soft-on-crime judges, district attorneys and politicians are part of the problem, but they have not acted alone.

Private foundations have encouraged and funded dangerous policies, working hand in hand with government.  

The MacArthur Foundation contributed $1 million in 2020 to the Safety and Justice Challenge in Mecklenburg County, NC — where Brown was arrested multiple times — “to continue safely reducing the jail population.” The group gave another $350,000 in 2022.