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| Mo. leads U.S. in reducing prison population |
| By KY3.com |
| Published: 10/17/2007 |
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MISSOURI - Bucking a state and national trend, Missouri's prison population and recidivism rates among offenders have dropped substantially since the state began using a system of recommended sentences statewide two years ago, a new report by the Missouri Sentencing Advisory Commission shows. Since November 2005, the commission’s recommended sentences -- and the Department of Corrections' method of analyzing risks of re-offending -- were incorporated into the pre-sentence reports that probation officers make to the courts. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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