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| Plan to free cons early faces steep opposition |
| By livingstondaily.com |
| Published: 02/17/2010 |
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm and her administration's Department of Corrections have made the reinstatement of time off for good behavior for Michigan prisoners a key reform measure in the state's budget plan for 2010-2011. Under Granholm's proposal, the sentences of about 5,600 prisoners would be recalculated, making them eligible for release within six months. Another 1,900 could be placed in halfway houses, with a combined savings to the prison system of about $130 million in the upcoming fiscal year. But enacting legislation to bring back "good" time — which Michigan phased out from 1978-1998 — will be daunting. It begins with getting 75 percent of the members in both the state House and Senate to agree to repeal an anti-"good"-time ballot proposal overwhelmingly approved by state voters in 1978. Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson, who led the ballot drive as his county's prosecutor in 1978, said Monday that he'll fight the proposed change. Read More. |
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