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| Missouri Aims To Decrease Prison Population |
| By newstribune.com |
| Published: 04/14/2010 |
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Missouri's budget problems have prompted lawmakers to consider steering some people convicted of such lesser felonies as knowingly damaging property by burning and sexual misconduct with a child into treatment or probation programs, rather than prison. The Missouri Senate gave first-round approval Tuesday to a bill that would bar prison officials from housing people convicted of the least severe state felonies unless the offender has two previous felony convictions. The plan is expected to save the state millions of dollars. Those convicted of certain higher level felonies -- including forgery, passing bad checks, drug possession and identity theft involving less than $5,000 -- also could not be held in state prisons unless they have a previous felony conviction. Instead, offenders would be directed to treatment programs such as special drug and drunken-driving courts, given probation or sent to county jails. Missouri lawmakers are seeking to cut hundreds of millions from the state budget because of falling state revenue. The idea of shrinking the state's prison populations was considered last month when the Senate spent the day informally discussing various ideas to overhaul state government. Read More. |
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