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| State Sentencing Change Delays Need For More Prisons |
| By wbiw.com |
| Published: 06/22/2015 |
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(FORT WAYNE) - Indiana lawmakers' decision to start sending more low-level criminals to community corrections and jails has delayed the state's need for new prison space. Starting next January, no person convicted of the lowest felony class can be committed to the Indiana Department of Correction, with a few exceptions. The Journal Gazette reports Indiana's prison system will get between 6,000 and 7,000 fewer new inmates each year under that change. Read More. |
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