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| Snyder administration to cut program that has saved hundreds of millions in prison costs |
| By michiganradio.org - Lester Graham |
| Published: 09/10/2013 |
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MICHIGAN - The State of Michigan spends a huge part of its budget on prisons. In recent years a new program has helped reduce the prison population and helped prisoners stay out of prison. Despite its success, the state plans to cut much of the program’s funding. Some people who’ve been in and out of prison are getting out and staying out thanks to a program called Michigan Prisoner Reentry Initiative or MPRI. “After 33 years of doing time, they finally got it right. And today I’ve got a life. I own my own business. I’m living the American dream and it started at MPRI,” Harry Hampton said. Hampton has been in prison four times. When he’s been released before, he got no help. Read More. |
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