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NY: None of hundreds of people convicted of violent felonies who were released returned to prison

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Out, on good behavior: Paroling violent felons is a controversial practice, but none of the hundreds released in the last 4 years has had to return to prison By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press Writer Adirondack Daily Enterprise Posted on: Monday, March 24, 2008 ALBANY ? Caught in a political crossfire over the release of violent felons, New York parole officials report that none of the 456 violent felons paroled in the last four years was sent back to prison for committing a new crime. Parole for murderers and other violent felons flared into a political issue recently after their release rates increased under former Democratic Gov. Eliot Spitzer. The controversy is unlikely to fade away under Gov. David Paterson, with Republican critics still pressing for changes...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).