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| Prison sentences to change? |
| By wthitv.com |
| Published: 04/07/2011 |
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VIGO COUNTY, Ind. (WTHI) - Convicted child molesters in Indiana must serve 85 percent of their prison sentence. What about murderers? They can serve less time, 50 percent of their sentence, by law. Right now, violent felons can get "good time" in prison, meaning if you follow the rules you serve just half of your sentence. "The minimum for a murder charge is 45 years so that means they could be out in 22 and a half years," Vigo County Prosecutor Terry Modesitt said. However, that could change. A bill is in the works, that could make most violent felons serve 85 percent of their sentence. Something that Modesitt said is a much-needed change. "Everyone agrees the violent offenders need to be sent away and kept there as long as we can keep them there, they're going to do it again," Modesitt said. It may not happen, here's why, there's no room and no funding to keep these people behind bars. "We are out of prison capacity, we have taken steps internally and we have really completely used all of our prison resources," Indiana Department of Corrections Deputy Commissioner Randy Koester said. Lawmakers are debating just making the prison sentences longer for violent crimes. Modesitt said the best thing for Wabash Valley jails and prisons is to re-evaluate drug offender sentences. Read More. |
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