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Idaho Senators Nix Idea of Early Inmate Release

By Michael Blankenship

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Legislative leaders threw water on the notion Idaho should follow states including Oregon and California by releasing inmates from prison early to accommodate budget cuts. Read more... The citizens of Idaho should be concerned with the current sentencing policies of this state. The percentage of adults under some form of correctional supervision is second to none (except Georgia). The budget for the Department of Correction has already been reduced and will be reduced again. Yet the number of offenders sent to prison is only slowing slightly. The comments by Senators Geddes and Darrington show a stark disregard for the situation. The current policies are creating a large underclass with problems such as employability, mental and physical health, child support, and recidivism...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on February 18, 2010 (boomark / email).

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