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OR: Bad Bills: more prison time, more prisoners, more money

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Lawmakers talk minimum prison time Alternative to ballot initiative heads to full House, Senate for votes PETER WONG Statesman Journal February 20, 2008 Lawmakers moved ahead Tuesday with a less costly alternative to a more expensive ballot initiative that would set minimum prison sentences for first-time property and drug offenders. The ballot initiative is sponsored by former state Rep. Kevin Mannix of Salem, who already has submitted about 150,000 signatures, 83,000 of which are required to qualify it for the Nov. 4 ballot. The alternative, which the Legislature's budget panel cleared unanimously, would focus on longer prison sentences for large-quantity drug dealers and repeat property offenders. It also would require treatment for many offenders...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).