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PA: Bill addressing crowded prisons gets PA. Senate OK. Plans move forward on building 3 more prisons.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Bill addressing crowded prisons gets Pa. Senate OK By MARC LEVY Wednesday, September 17, 2008 Wilkes-Barre Times Leader Legislation designed to move thousands of nonviolent criminals out of state prisons more quickly and rein in booming correctional costs is nearing final approval in the Capitol. The bill, regarded as the biggest change to the state's criminal justice system in many years, received Senate approval Wednesday, 48-2, after the chamber made minor changes to it. The key provisions would allow nonviolent drug offenders currently in prison to be resentenced to enter an existing addiction treatment program, while nonviolent offenders who behave well and complete certain programs can trim time from their sentences and be paroled more quickly...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 18, 2008 (boomark / email).