Former Wisconsin Governor to counsel firm that delivers plans for effective alternatives to incarceration to reduce prison overcrowding and improve rehabilitation outcomes.
Madison, WI (PRWEB) November 28, 2007 -- Allyn R. Sielaff, president of Alternative Planning Associates (APA) and former head of the Wisconsin Division of Corrections, today announced that former Wisconsin Governor Anthony S. Earl has joined APA as a senior member of the firm's Advisory Board.
Sielaff said, in making the announcement, "Tony Earl has a long history of supporting innovative ideas in the criminal justice system and is vitally interested in expanding alternatives to incarceration as a creative and necessary means of reducing both jail and prison overcrowding as well as adding various facets to the rehabilitative aspects of criminal sentences. We look forward to having his insights as a basis of achieving some very significant social goals."
Earl is a retired partner in the Madison office of Quarles & Brady LLP. He previously served as 40th Governor of the State of Wisconsin, January 1983 - December 1986; Secretary of the Department of Natural Resources, October 1975 - October 1980; Secretary of the Department of Administration, 1975; Member, Wisconsin State Legislature, 1969-74; City Attorney, Wausau, Wisconsin, 1966-1969; and Assistant District Attorney, Marathon County, Wisconsin, 1965. Mr. Earl received his undergraduate degree from Michigan State University and his law degree from the University of Chicago. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for various organizations, including American Transmission Company, Center for Clean Air Policy, Friendship Project for Northern Ireland, Inc. and the Wisconsin Partnership for Housing Development.
Earl stated, "My many years of experience as a lawyer, prosecuting attorney, legislator and as governor of Wisconsin, has led to an understanding that we must find ways to not only reduce the costs of rehabilitation and/or punishment but to also assist the convicted offender in re-establishing himself as a productive member of our communities. APA has developed a model to assist prosecutors, defense attorneys and judges in finding effective alternatives to incarceration. I look forward to advising this progressive organization."
About Alternative Planning Associates
Alternative Planning Associates, LLC is designed to provide professional assistance in developing comprehensive alternative plans when, despite all legal efforts, clients become involved in a sentencing situation. APA utilizes experienced corrections professionals to interview clients to do a comprehensive pre-sentence investigation. The client's needs are assessed, in some cases by a forensic psychologist, and specific resources are matched to them with a firm commitment for delivery from the provider. Visit the web site at www.alternativeplanning.com
Source: PRWeb: Legal / Law
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