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| Dept. Of Corrections: State Prison Population Flattens Out |
| By indianapublicmedia.org |
| Published: 11/28/2012 |
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A push by Governor Daniels to reform sentencing for low-level felonies collapsed in last year‘s legislature. But local judges and prosecutors appear to be taking care of the issue themselves. The Indiana Department of Corrections says the state‘s prison population has abruptly flattened out, after nearly 30 years of steadily increasing at a 4-percent rate. The number of prison inmates is actually one percent below its peak in 2010. Prison commissioner Bruce Lemmon says the number of prisoners doing time for serious crimes has not changed. Instead, he says there‘s been a significant dropoff in the number of people sent to prison for stints of two years or less. Read More. |
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