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| OR Gov. Doesn't Want To Free Inmates |
| By statesmanjournal.com |
| Published: 06/11/2010 |
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Gov. Ted Kulongoski nixed a budget-cutting plan to close three state prisons because he wasn't willing to use his power to commute the sentences of hundreds of convicted felons, a spokesman for the governor said Thursday. "He's simply not willing to release close to 1,000 inmates," Rem Nivens said. Instead, Kulongoski plans to ask the Legislative Emergency Board to tap into a reserve fund to cover the $15.3 million cost of keeping the three prisons open for the rest of the 2009-2011 budget cycle, which ends June 30, 2011, Nivens said. The governor also will ask the board to allocate more than $3 million to forestall proposed cuts in a community corrections program providing supervision of low-level felons, he said. Read More. |
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