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| State Senate swing could bring prison cuts issue back to forefront |
| By poststar.com/news - Jon Alexander |
| Published: 11/14/2012 |
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State Senate swing could bring prison cuts back to forefront The ongoing battle for control of the state Senate thrusts the future of upstate New York’s prisons industry back into the geopolitical limelight. Senate Democrats appear to have seized control of the Senate from Republicans on election night after Conservative Party candidates weakened two GOP incumbents and Democrats apparently won at least two other seats. State prison reform has long been a core focus of downstate Democrats, with Assembly and Senate conferences largely opposed to shipping largely black and Hispanic offenders hundreds of miles north, far from their families, just so upstate corrections officers can keep their jobs. “I know that the prison population statewide is shrinking, but it would obviously be a concern,” said Wilton Supervisor Art Johnson, referring to the Mount McGregor Correctional Facility, which had been targeted for closure in the recent past. Read More. |
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