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| TX thinks twice about more prisons |
| By The Norman Transcript |
| Published: 01/12/2007 |
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DALLAS, TX - Texas lawmakers -- not known for being soft on crime -- are under the gun to add thousands of prison beds by 2011. They don't plan a big construction binge. Instead, they plan to make space for the inmates by moving them into supervised community programs and substance-abuse programs and free up beds held by minor drug and alcohol offenders. The Dallas Morning News reports Texas prisons already hold more than 150,000 inmates and, like Oklahoma, are short of corrections officers. The plan is to work smarter, not harder, and still be tough on inmates. By contrast, Oklahoma has about 23,000 inmates in institutions. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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