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| strategies to curb prison population |
| By Grace Urban |
| Published: 04/23/2009 |
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The nonpartisan Council of State Governments Justice Center released a report addressing rising prison populations in Wisconsin to state lawmakers Wednesday. The report outlined policy change recommendations. The recommendations are designed to reduce the amount of prisoners who re-enter the system and to limit parole. According to the Associated Press, implementing these strategies would save the state $2.3 billion. A bipartisan committee headed by state Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, which since January has been discussing public safety and overcrowding in state prisons, will review the recommendations. Gov. Jim Doyle’s proposed budget includes a provision to address prison overcrowding, including the possibility of releasing non-violent prisoners early from prison, contrary to the state’s truth-in-sentencing policy. Truth-in-sentencing, a policy enacted in 1998, eliminates the possibility of parole, requiring prisoners to serve full terms. “[Truth-in-sentencing] was designed to reduce recidivism and make us safer, and what happened in the period since it was enacted is recidivism has increased and crime has increased,” state Rep. Joe Parisi, D-Madison, said. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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