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Prison Population Continues to Rise. To save money on prisons, states take a softer stance

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prison Population Continues to Rise To save money on prisons, states take a softer stance Good state by state map at this URL- http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2009-03-17-prison-economy_N.htm By Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY SALINA, Kan. ? In a hushed conference room overlooking the town's main drag, eight convicted felons, including an aspiring amateur fighter, brandish bright Crayola markers. Their goal is to match their personalities to one of four colors. Tim Witte, 27, on probation for evading arrest, eyes the task as if sizing up a fellow middle-weight on Kansas' gritty cage-fighting circuit. Witte and two drug offenders settle on orange. The color, indicative of a restless, risk-taking personality, is the hue of choice for most offenders, says Michelle Stephenson, the corrections officer leading the unusual exercise...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 18, 2009 (boomark / email).