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IN Prison Reform Dealt a Blow by Prosecutors

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

IN Prison Reform Dealt a Blow by Prosecutors A criminal justice reform bill that Gov. Mitch Daniels hoped would save more than $1 billion by reducing the number of people held in prison is headed to the Senate floor. But the bill, approved 8-2 by a Senate committee Monday, has changed so much because of pressure from prosecutors that it?s no longer clear whether it will save any money in the long term. ?We just don?t accept the idea that because the Department of Correction has a bed problem that we should be releasing serious felons back on the street,? said Sen. Sue Glick, R-LaGrange, a member of the Senate?s Corrections, Criminal and Civil Matters Committee. Despite the setback, the governor?s office pointed out that Senate Bill 561 could easily change again...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 17, 2011 (boomark / email).