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| Corrections Director: Fewer Inmates, Units Closed |
| By wltx.com- Jennifer Bellamy |
| Published: 09/26/2014 |
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Columbia, SC (WLTX) -- Fewer people are serving time in South Carolina's corrections facilities following the 2010 Sentencing Reform Act. It has led to thousands fewer inmates and two and a half closed facilities, the Watkins Pre-Release center and a wing at Stevenson Correctional Institution, both in 2012 and the Campbell Pre-Release center in June. "A lot of folks who were coming to prison for non-violent crimes are now not coming to prison, and they're out being productive members of society. They're being supervised by Triple P but they're paying taxes, they have jobs," said Bryan Stirling, Director of the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Read More. |
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