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PA: State parole freeze bloating prison populations

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

State parole freeze bloating prison populations By Joseph A. Slobodzian Inquirer Staff Writer October 13, 2008 Two weeks after Gov. Rendell halted paroling state inmates, the population of Pennsylvania's 27 prisons continues to swell. Officially, the Sept. 30 monthly census - taken one day after Rendell froze paroles in response to the killing of Philadelphia Police Officer Patrick McDonald by a paroled felon - showed that the inmate population of 46,883 was eight percent above what prison officials say is needed to maintain "quality of life and safety for both staff and inmates." Prison experts now say overcrowding is actually closer to 17 percent above capacity and they worry about how the system will hold up without that monthly release of 1,100 parolees...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 21, 2008 (boomark / email).