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| Wyoming legislators want to learn why less crime produces more prisoners |
| By billingsgazette.com - Joan Barron |
| Published: 02/04/2014 |
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CHEYENNE — State officials pulled back a request for money to expand the medium-security prison at Torrington to take a deep look at Wyoming’s entire corrections system before adding more beds. The Legislature’s Joint Judiciary Committee will be pushing for an interim study to find out why the prison population is growing while the crime rate has declined overall. The study entails bringing in national corrections experts, a move some lawmakers and district judges resist, said Sen. John Schiffer, R-Kaycee, who is leading the support for an outside look. “Not everybody is in favor of someone from the outside telling us what to do,” Schiffer said. But the judiciary committee, he said, will set the policy for the state. Read More. |
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