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| DOC Budget Cuts Avoided in Montana |
| By billingsgazette.com |
| Published: 04/14/2010 |
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The total number of prisoners held by the 50 states declined in 2009 for the first time in 38 years, according to the Pew Center on the States. In a report issued this month, Pew said that as of Jan. 1, state prisons held 1,404,053 people — 4,777 fewer than a year earlier. Montana was one of 26 states in which prisoner populations dropped. According to Pew researchers, the state held two fewer inmates on Jan. 1 that it did a year earlier. While Montana’s inmate population basically held steady, three neighboring states increased theirs: by 34 in North Dakota, 96 in South Dakota and 111 in Idaho. Prisoner counts dropped by 11 in Utah and by nine in Wyoming. The most drastic declines in prisoner numbers occurred in California, which held 4,247 fewer prisoners, and Michigan, where the inmate count dropped by 3,260. New York, Maryland, Texas and Mississippi also reported reductions of more than 1,000 inmates. Meanwhile, Pennsylvania, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana and Alabama all had more than 1,000 additional inmates locked up than in 2008. Read More. |
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