States Look to Prisons for Ways to Save Money, Including Letting Some Inmates Go

[WillowTree]

NEW YORK — Their budgets in crisis, governors, legislators and prison officials across the nation are making or considering policy changes that will likely remove tens of thousands of offenders from prisons and parole supervision.

Collectively, the pending and proposed initiatives could add up to one of biggest shifts ever in corrections policy, putting into place cost-saving reforms that have struggled to win political support in the tough-on-crime climate of recent decades.

"Prior to this fiscal crisis, legislators could tinker around the edges — but we're now well past the tinkering stage," said Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, which advocates alternatives to incarceration

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A lot of innocent people are going to die, why? because our politicians won't do their jobs..

 

[FistyTheBadger]

People wonder why Libertarians exist. Why does anybody trust the government? Why?

 

[bigdaddygtr]

immediately release all prisoners in for drug related offenses and have all drug dealers released pending deportation

 

[Shadow]

immediately release all prisoners in for drug related offenses and have all drug dealers released pending deportation

Yes and in the meantime they can all come stay with you...

 

[Diuretic]

The lad who got the headjob from his girlfriend in Georgia, is he still in the slammer? They could let him out without a danger to the public. And how many people are inside for simple possession of marijuana possibly on some three strikes bullshit? They could be let go without danger. I'm sure there are plenty more. It doesn't take much wit to work out some people should never have gone to prison in the first place.

 

[WillowTree]

The lad who got the headjob from his girlfriend in Georgia, is he still in the slammer? They could let him out without a danger to the public. And how many people are inside for simple possession of marijuana possibly on some three strikes bullshit? They could be let go without danger. I'm sure there are plenty more. It doesn't take much wit to work out some people should never have gone to prison in the first place.

obviously you didn't read the article. Kerry on!

 

[Diuretic]

obviously you didn't read the article. Kerry on!

Nah I was surfing in on the other contributions