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| KY Lawmakers seeking cuts |
| By Stephenie Steitzer • Courier-Journal |
| Published: 03/02/2009 |
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Having spent much of the first half of the session filling a big budget hole, legislators are now scrambling to push through a series of measures aimed at reducing prison costs. Advertisement With just 12 legislative days to go, at least six such bills approach skyrocketing costs from a variety of angles -- including expanded drug treatment, more credits for education and good behavior and raising the threshold for certain theft offenses. "There are a number of things coming together which are going to be foundations," Justice Cabinet Secretary J. Michael Brown said. Officials are hurriedly working to draft two additional proposals that would expand eligibility for parole for sick and disabled inmates and allow pre-sentence investigations to be waived if all sides agree, Brown said. Those proposals could be slipped into "shell" bills introduced before the bill-filing deadline. During debate on one measure last week, prosecutors expressed their frustration at the fast pace at which the bill was moving through the process. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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As you can clearly see, the number of inmates in the ky system grow more each year, which increases the dangers to corrections staff having to deal with them. The officers are expected to do more with less, like less staff, non-working equipment, lack of traing and most of all the lack of pay and respect that they deserve.