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Fed court says excluding people convicted of violent crimes from early release programs not valid

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Exclusion policy on early prison release ruled invalid An appeals panel says the Federal Bureau of Prisons has not adequately explained why inmates who have committed murder, rape and other violent crimes can't participate in the program. By Carol J. Williams- LA Times August 26, 2009 A Federal Bureau of Prisons policy excluding murderers, rapists and others with violent crimes on their record from an early-release program is invalid because authorities have failed to explain why those inmates are ineligible, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday. The decision by a three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ordered the prison administration to reconsider the application for sentence reduction from Jerry Crickon, a federal prisoner in a Long Beach halfway house due for release in six months...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 26, 2009 (boomark / email).