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Proposed Michigan model would reduce Texas' incarceration costs

I'm on my way to Big D for a meeting and an overnight stay, and likely won't be posting again until the weekend. But I wanted to refer readers to this post from Doc Berman about a sentencing proposal in Michigan to save money on incarceration costs:The State of Michigan could save $262 million in prison costs by 2015 by bringing parole policies in line with other states ? and releasing thousands of prisoners earlier ? according to a yearlong analysis of crime and punishment conducted by national policy center. ...The key recommendation, to require most prisoners to be released after serving 120% of their minimum sentence, was endorsed by Republican and Democratic lawmakers and representatives of Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who have been working with the center on the analysis...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 23, 2009 (boomark / email).