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Testimony at Senate Hearing on national prison reform Commission introduced by Jim Webb

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Testimony at Senate Hearing on national prison reform June 13,2009 The U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs convened a hearing on proposed national prison reform legislation. Virginia Senator Jim Webb introduced bill S.714 in March to create a commission to thoroughly review the entire criminal justice system and make recommendations for reform in several areas of significant concern. Since being introduced, the bill already has widespread support with 29 cosponsors in the Senate including Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA) and Ranking Member Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and Judiciary Committee member Senator Orrin Hatch (R-UT)...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 14, 2009 (boomark / email).