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Strapped states eye prison savings---including double celling and sending prisoners out of state

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Monday, January 26, 2009 Strapped states eye prison savings By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer State of the States 2009 Faced with a surging prison population and a state budget more than $1 billion in the red, Gov. Steve Beshear and Kentucky lawmakers last year took a dramatic step that they hoped would save $30 million over two years: granting early release to more than 1,800 inmates, including some felons convicted of murder, rape and other violent crimes. Kentucky?s prisoner release plan, which touched off a political firestorm and prompted a court challenge from the state?s attorney general ? like Beshear, a Democrat ? is an example of the difficult criminal justice decisions some states could face this year. From California to Connecticut, states are under mounting pressure to bring corrections spending in line with the reality of gaping budget shortfalls...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 27, 2009 (boomark / email).