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| Iowa paroles up, but new offenders increase only slightly |
| By thegazette.com |
| Published: 08/05/2013 |
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More Iowa offenders are being released under parole, which provides safety to communities, and parole revocation rates remain low with only 8 percent returning to prison in 2013, according to prison population statistics released Thursday. Lettie Prell, Iowa Department of Corrections director of research, said the revocations only increased by 45 offenders from fiscal year 2012 to 2013 and the parole releases increased by 466 offenders, for a total of 2,490 in 2013. The high for parole releases since 1980 had been in 2005, with 2,384. “This is a good indication that we have a working parole board that is releasing more prisoners who are being supervised and monitored, not just released to the streets (without supervision) – which only enhances public safety,” Prell said Thursday. Read More. |
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