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Pennsylvania's prison population levels off after decades of increases |
By pennlive.com - Donald Gilliland |
Published: 12/13/2012 |
Pennsylvania’s dramatic 30-year, 525 percent rise in prison population appears to have ended — or at least hit an historic lull. After a year-end high of 51,487 inmates in 2009, the state’s prison population has remained relatively stable for the past three years. That’s a good sign that the justice reinvestment prison reforms enacted this year will have a chance to reduce the population further, saving the state millions during a time of unprecedented budget pressure from pension expenses. RELATED COVERAGE: Hard time for taxpayers: A special report on Pennsylvania prisons from The Patriot-News Whereas prisons were once one of the fastest growing segments of the state budget, this year — for the first time in a decade — the Department of Corrections budget was level-funded. Read More. |
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