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| New state sentencing unveiled |
| By registerguard.com - Saul Hubbard |
| Published: 06/25/2013 |
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SALEM — Faced with unshakable opposition from law enforcement groups, state lawmakers have scaled back proposed modifications to prison sentences the state imposes on criminals. The new package, unveiled Monday, seeks to hold Oregon’s prison population steady at about 14,600 inmates over the next five years, through lightening a medley of sentencing and probation rules. That’s down from sentencing changes that would yield a 10-year “flatline” in the prison population initially sought by Gov. John Kitzhaber and some key lawmakers as a way to avoid the increased costs of opening and staffing new state prisons for a decade. A different package introduced in late May would have achieved that target, while reinvesting the immediate two-year savings of $30 million into community corrections programs aimed at lowering recidivism and treating drug addiction. But law enforcement groups wouldn’t support elements of that plan, including an increase in the time nonviolent offenders could shave off their sentences for good behavior, and some changes to Measure 57 — the voter-approved initiative that sets sentencing guidelines for repeat property and drug offenders. Read More. |
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