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| RI prosecution strategy questioned |
| By The Associated Press |
| Published: 07/13/2007 |
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PROVIDENCE, RI - When state legislators passed a law last month requiring that 17-year-olds be tried as adults, they hoped the reduced cost of providing for adult prisoners rather than juveniles would save the state about $3.6 million. But almost immediately, prison officials said they didn't think the move would save any money, and critics around the country denounced it as shortsighted and wrong. Gov. Don Carcieri, a Republican, proposed the change earlier this year as a way to close a $450 million budget shortfall. It costs an average of $40,000 a year to house an inmate at the state prison less than half the $98,000 it costs to put a teen through the Rhode Island Training School, where juveniles attend classes and receive rehabilitative services. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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