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| ...cuts could send felons to jail or into community |
| By TIM POTTER The Wichita Eagle |
| Published: 02/20/2009 |
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Convicted felon Glenn Ford is on probation and serving his time at the Sedgwick County Community Corrections Residential and Service Center taking intensive re-integration classes and training before being released. The center is where convicted felons on probation are placed rather than being sent to prison. Mike Hutmacher/The Wichita Eagle Convicted felon Glenn Ford is on probation and serving his time at the Sedgwick County Community Corrections Residential and Service Center taking intensive re-integration classes and training before being released. The center is where convicted felons on probation are placed rather than being sent to prison. * Gallery: Sedgwick County Community Corrections Residential and Service Center A nondescript compound at Central and St. Francis has become a cornerstone in efforts to rehabilitate felons and protect the public at a lower cost than sending them to prison, local officials say. They maintain that the 120-bed center enhances public safety because felons who live there while on probation are under intense supervision. They say the center gives offenders a better chance of success than if they had been sent to prison. But the center could close under a proposed state budget cut of $1.2 million, they say. The Kansas Department of Corrections has proposed eliminating funding that provides nearly half of the annual budget for the Sedgwick County Community Corrections Residential and Service Center, on the northeast corner of Central and St. Francis. Without the state share, the center might have to close, said Sedgwick County Department of Corrections Director Mark Masterson. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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