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| CT Prison Population On Decline |
| By ctmirror.org |
| Published: 12/20/2010 |
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Ongoing efforts to combat recidivism and treat nonviolent offenders in community settings should push Connecticut's prison population under 18,000 and down to a five-year low, according to a new report from state policy analysts. The inmate population during the first week of December averaged 18,187, according to the Criminal Justice Policy and Planning Division within the Office of Policy and Management, falling for the third successive month. But the latest number still stands marginally above the level the division originally projected for December 2010 nearly one year ago. It also is nearly 2,200 inmates above the level state correction worker unions insist represents the prison system's true capacity, though labor spokesmen praised the legislature for ordering steps that have begun to mitigate overcrowding issues. Read More. |
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