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| Prison population declines |
| By globegazette.com |
| Published: 07/29/2009 |
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DES MOINES — Declining prison population numbers are an indication that programs geared toward helping offenders successfully re-enter the community are working, Iowa’s top corrections official said Tuesday. John Baldwin, director of the state Department of Corrections, said initiatives like drug courts, substance abuse treatment, education, housing, employment and other “wrap-around” services linked to community-based corrections are helping reduce the number of offenders returning to prison for parole, probation or work-release revocations. Those factors along with a drop in the number of new-court commitments contributed to a 351-inmate decline in Iowa’s overall prison population over the past two fiscal years. “All those things taken together, you’re starting to see a mitigation in the growth of the prison system,” Baldwin said. “We’re starting to see the signs that re-entry done thoughtfully works.” Preliminary figures for prison admissions and releases in fiscal 2009 released Tuesday show the inmate count stood at 8,455 on June 30 and that total slipped even further to 8,423 by Tuesday, said Lettie Prell, the department’s director of research. That compared to a record high of 8,840 in October 2007. Read More. |
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It's easy to skew the numbers. The Iowa DOC runs people up for parole and work releases whether they are deserving or not. Additionally, probation and parole have been advised to not violate anyone short of a new felony. Their numbers are self-serving, of course they are going to be favorable to the DOC.