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| Editorial - Close state prisons the right way |
| By Detroit Free Press |
| Published: 09/25/2007 |
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MICHIGAN - A lot of wack ideas have come out of the state budget mess, but Senate Republicans finally hit on one with promise. They've proposed closing three prisons as part of $950 million in spending cuts. I say promise, because Michigan, with its crazy incarceration rates, must close prisons, but only if it also reduces its super-sized prison population. The State Parole Board and governor's office can do that, without legislative approval, through paroles and commutations. It's a power they need to use, selectively, safely, to help right-size the penal system. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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