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| Release provision sparks concern |
| By Courier-Journal |
| Published: 04/14/2008 |
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KENTUCKY - Some Kentucky prosecutors are concerned about a potential "mass exodus" of felons leaving jails and prisons in coming months because of a provision in the budget allowing nonviolent inmates to serve the last six months and possibly more of their sentences on home incarceration. Chris Cohron, commonwealth's attorney for Warren County and president-elect of the Kentucky Commonwealth's Attorney Association, said the proposal, part of the state's effort to save money and reduce jail crowding, is shortsighted, lacking in specifics and dangerous. "If you open up the floodgates to these people and put them on home incarceration, it's not going to prevent them from committing new offenses," he said. "I think in the financial interest of the state, we are going to severely jeopardize public safety." Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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