Home -> Law Blog Directory -> Criminal Law Blogs -> The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

Criminal Law

: The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog

U.S. Sentencing Commission is considering endorsing options including treatment programs for nonviolent users of drugs such as crack.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Sentencing Panel Mulls Alternatives to Prison The U.S. Sentencing Commission is considering endorsing options including treatment programs for nonviolent users of drugs such as crack. By Darryl Fears Washington Post Staff Writer Sunday, October 12, 2008; Page A02 As the nation's inmate population climbs toward 2.5 million, the U.S. Sentencing Commission is considering alternatives to prison for some offenders, including treatment programs for nonviolent drug users and employment training for minor parole violators. The commission's consideration of alternatives to incarceration reflects its determination to persuade Congress to ease federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws that contributed to explosive growth in the prison population. The laws were enacted in the mid-1980s, principally to address a crime epidemic related to crack cocaine...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 12, 2008 (boomark / email).