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| Jailing non-violent offenders costs state millions, prisons chief says |
| By tribune-democrat.com - Eric Boehm |
| Published: 04/30/2012 |
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HARRISBURG, PA — The state secretary of corrections says inefficiencies within the state prison system’s is forcing taxpayers to pay for keeping about 1,900 inmates per year locked up when they otherwise would qualify for parole. “That’s inexcusable in these budget times when there is no money and there is not going to be an increase in taxes,” John Wetzel said last week. “If we have inefficiencies that lead to costs, we cannot tolerate that.” Wetzel said the prison system is set up to deal with long-term and dangerous offenders, but now a third of the inmates in the system – about 3,500 every year – come into state prison with less than a year to serve. Most are drug offenders, he said. Read More. |
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