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| New laws for corrections |
| By Sun Herald |
| Published: 04/02/2008 |
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MISSISSIPPI - Gov. Haley Barbour has signed into law a bill that could make a small dent in Mississippi's ballooning prison system budget. The bill allows terminally ill nonviolent inmates to be released, under certain conditions, no matter how much of their time has been served. It was one of several proposals lawmakers considered this session to try to curb spending on corrections. The bill became law when Barbour signed it Monday. "It's going to help on our medical costs. A lot of those inmates are really, really high-priced inmates. We have some whose medicine is $1,200 a month," House Corrections Chairman Bennett Malone, D-Carthage, said Tuesday. "Also it seems like a humane thing to do. If you've got a patient that's fixing to die, it's better to let them go home and die with their family." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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