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| Officials: 1 in 3 transfers was violent |
| By IndyStar.com |
| Published: 08/21/2007 |
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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - One-third of the Arizona inmates transferred to serve their sentences in an Indiana prison are violent criminals, including 25 who were convicted of murder, according to new data from state prison officials. Prison officials said inmates were chosen based on their behavior in prison, not their criminal records. But an advocate for prisoners' rights was surprised by the news, saying officials had left the impression with the public that violent offenders would not be included among those moved to the New Castle Correctional Facility, which is managed by Boca Raton, Fla.-based GEO Group. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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