In 2008, Mississippi lawmakers knew something had to change or the state would spend millions on new prison beds.
"We were facing the possibility of going broke just to keep up," said state Sen. Willie Simmons, who worked in the state's correctional system for 30 years before joining the legislature and leading the corrections committee.
Thus, a series of changes in sentencing laws and parole programs resulted in the release of 4,516 inmates to parole since 2008, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
Illinois also faces serious challenges with its prisons' budget and population, which clocked a record 48,739 inmates earlier this month. The higher census follows a trend that started in January 2010 after Gov. Pat Quinn halted the Meritorious Good Time (MGT) and MGT-Push programs.
MGT gave inmates up to 180 days' credit for good conduct. The short-lived MGT-Push removed a requirement that inmates serve a minimum of 60 days even if their anticipated stay in prison was below that mark.
The Illinois Department of Corrections has made it a high priority to create a replacement for MGT.
"We are continuing our analysis and discussions about credit that could be earned by inmates in the Department of Corrections," Cara Smith, the agency's chief of staff, told The Pantagraph this week.
The IDOC budget could increase more than 10 percent to $1.36 billion in 2012, with much of the new funding covering salaries of additional correctional officers hired to reduce overtime costs brought about by the increased prison population.
In Illinois
Before the MGT controversy, Illinois was making progress in efforts to better prepare inmates for re-entry to their communities because the state has a 51.3 percent recidivism rate.
But now, inmates returning to the outside world may be less likely to succeed because IDOC has limited educational and counseling services available.
The Danville Correctional Center, for instance, has a shortage of teachers for its GED and adult basic education programs available for its 1,821 prisoners, according to a recent report from the John Howard Association of Illinois.
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