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Kentucky struggling with growing incarceration costs

By Douglas A. Berman

This new AP story, headlined Ky. officials looking to reduce state prison burden," details Kentucky's continuing struggle with even expanding incarceration costs.  Here are a few excerpts:With Kentucky's prison population skyrocketing, and only expected to get larger, Gov. Steve Beshear has called on a group of legal authorities from across the state to find ways to relieve the prison system's financial burden on taxpayers. As Kentucky grapples with budget woes throughout state government ? such as sharply reduced spending on public universities ? lawmakers are looking to reduce the amount of money the state spends on prisons. A subcommittee of the Kentucky Criminal Justice Council began studying the state's sentencing practices last week...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 08, 2008 (boomark / email).