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An Appeal to Fear

By Michael Blankenship

Gov. Jennifer Granholm's proposal to let an estimated 7,500 Michigan inmates out of prison early and save the cash-strapped state money is coming under fire from prosecutors worried about public safety. Granholm wants to cut more than $130 million from state prison spending in the budget year starting Oct. 1. Most of the savings would come by allowing inmates to shave time off their sentences for good behavior and letting more offenders be released under electronic monitoring outside of prison. "It's bad public policy," Isabella County Prosecutor Larry Burdick said. "I think it makes the citizens of our state less safe." Read more... As I noted in an earlier posting, push back on reforming the criminal justice system is to be expected...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Justice Gambit on February 17, 2010 (boomark / email).