Devon Kurtz

Devon Kurtz States Say No to “Housing First”

Florida, Georgia, and Utah lead the way in breaking with HUD’s failed model on homelessness policy.

Devon Kurtz Rehabilitate First, Release Second

Rather than pushing dangerous policies, reformers should focus their efforts on making prisons better at “correcting” individuals.

Devon Kurtz Solutions First

Federal homeless policy is out of step with reality—but voters and state policymakers are pushing back.

Devon Kurtz Invest in More Cops

A lesson from Europe

Devon Kurtz A Counterproductive Red Herring

Private correctional facilities aren’t the problem with the criminal-justice system—and they could even help improve it.

Devon Kurtz Finding a Home on the Outside

Rewarding prisons that help departing inmates secure housing before release could reduce homelessness.

Devon Kurtz The Myth of the Nonviolent Drug Offender

Criminal-justice reformers should stop deluding themselves and the public that “mass decarceration” will be anything other than a bloodbath.

Devon Kurtz Protecting Cops—and Citizens

Lawmakers should consider more constructive policies to improve policing while maintaining public safety.