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| Council awaits inmate release |
| By Gary Emerling |
| Published: 04/20/2009 |
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A key D.C. Council member says his committee hasn't received regulations governing a budget proposal by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty that would cut costs by allowing inmates to earn time off their sentences, even though his panel is expected to vote on the planin just eight days. "I'm a strong believer in planning first and then acting on the basis of the plan," said D.C. Council member Phil Mendelson, chairman of the Committee on Public Safety and the Judiciary. "It's been a problem the council has had with the executive that they act first and plan afterwards." The city hopes to save $4.4 million in fiscal 2010 under Mr. Fenty's plan, which could reduce the prison population by 2 percent from its current daily average of 3,000 inmates. Current law permits sentenced inmates to earn up to five days off their terms each month by completing specified academic and vocational programs. The new proposal would extend the program to pretrial inmates and allow them to earn time off simply by participating in the programs. Officials said about 2,400 inmates would be eligible to receive good-time credits. If each eligible inmate earned an average of five days of good time, it would reduce the average inmate population by about 65 people. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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