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PA: step forward in reducing prison population BUT it will take years...

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"It will take more years and more reform to get Pennsylvania to the point where it will significantly reduce its prison population, as has happened in other states," he said." http://republicanherald.com/news/bill-targets-prison-overcrowding-costs-1.1051353 Bill targets prison overcrowding costs BY ROBERT SWIFT (HARRISBURG BUREAU CHIEF RSWIFT@TIMESSHAMROCK.COM)Published: October 20, 2010 HARRISBURG - A bill to keep wayward parolees out of overcrowded state prisons and put a dent in corrections spending awaits an anticipated signing from Gov. Ed Rendell. The measure that has won approval from both the House and Senate will allow parolees who commit a minor violation such as breaking a curfew or failing to report to a parole agent to face sanctions that don't involve being sent back to state prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on October 20, 2010 (boomark / email).