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PA: State resumes parole for people convicted of violent offences

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

State resumes parole for violent offenders Monday, December 01, 2008 The Associated Press HARRISBURG -- Pennsylvania's parole system must do a better job of identifying violent offenders who pose the greatest threat to public safety, an independent review found. Gov. Ed Rendell lifted a moratorium on paroling violent offenders today after accepting the report's recommendations for improving the system. The review, which found most of the state's existing procedures were sound, was conducted by Temple University's John Goldkamp, a nationally recognized expert on incarceration. The state should classify violent offenders into two categories -- those most likely to commit another offense and those less likely to pose risks to public safety, Mr...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 08, 2008 (boomark / email).