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Empty prison in Virginia a sign of new sentencing and prison times

By Douglas A. Berman

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This effective and lengthy local article, headlined "New $105M Va. prison remains empty," reflects some of the new sentencing and prison times that many states are experiencing as we start a new year. Here are excerpts: [F]our months after the Grayson County prison was completed at a cost of $105 million, it sits empty -- the consequence of a declining number of inmates statewide, and a reduction in state dollars to lock them up. Having a new prison without prisoners is a striking turnabout for Virginia. The state's inmate population of about 38,000 has nearly doubled since 1994, when the General Assembly voted to abolish parole and to embark on a prison-building boom. In the past two fiscal years, however, the number of inmates has declined for the first time in recent history, dropping by 2...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 03, 2011 (boomark / email).

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