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| Parole crackdown leads to shortage of jailbeds in Metro Detroit |
| By detroitnews.com - Chad Livengood |
| Published: 05/24/2012 |
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The Michigan Department of Corrections' crackdown on parole absconders following high-profile crimes by state-supervised convicts has created a shortage in temporary bed space in Metro Detroit. That's resulted in increased costs to transport prisoners to a Jackson facility. With half of the state's 20,000 parolees living in Metro Detroit, corrections officials are searching for 400 to 500 beds to house those suspected of violating the terms of their parole, department spokesman Russ Marlan said. The agency has to incur the added cost of transporting Metro Detroit parolees to and from the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center in Jackson, Marlan said. "We're filling out Egeler and taking up costly prison beds, and we're driving people back and forth every day," he said. An exact figure of the additional costs incurred from the parole crackdown was not available. But Marlan said the agency is incurring "hundreds of thousands of dollars" in its $2 billion annual budget for added fuel and prison guard overtime moving absconders back and forth from Metro Detroit and the Jackson prison. Read More. |
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