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| Parole Board says backlog has been tackled |
| By msnewsnow.com- Courtney Ann Jackson |
| Published: 09/26/2014 |
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JACKSON, MS (Mississippi News Now) - The longer inmates are behind bars, more of your money goes to keep them there. It's an issue explored in a recent legislative report. This report is from the PEER committee. PEER stands for performance evaluation and expenditure review. They were tasked with looking at the timing of releases from the Department of Corrections and State Parole Board. The agencies say the problems were being worked out before the report was ever released. Mississippi Parole Board Chairman Steve Pickett isn't denying their cases backed up within the last year.The Department of Corrections says the number of parole eligible inmates spiked in August 2013. "Anytime that you have new folks become eligible, that changes the whole pool when you're working with a monthly docket process," explained Pickett. Read More. |
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