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Fewer Oklahoma inmates on state-supervised probation |
By tulsaworld.com - Andrew Knittle |
Published: 12/25/2012 |
The state Department of Corrections has seen a significant drop in the number of inmates being placed on agency-supervised probation and parole over the past several years. Jerry Massie, department spokesman, said the decrease in probation clients is due to a 2005 law change that allows individuals on felony probation to be supervised by district attorneys instead of the prison system. At the beginning of 2006, the department supervised more than 30,000 individuals. Today, that number has dropped to 20,934. The decline has been steady over the years for the prison system and is generating tens of millions of dollars statewide for district attorneys. Read More. |
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