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| Projected prison population grows slightly |
| By bendbulletin.com- Andrew Clevenger |
| Published: 10/06/2014 |
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WASHINGTON — Projections for Oregon’s prison population ticked up a bit in the Department of Corrections’ latest forecast, but overall numbers are still expected to fall for several years in the wake of sentencing reforms that went into effect in August 2013. The decrease in prisoners stemming from those legislative reforms, which eased mandatory minimum sentences on certain drug and property crimes, will likely forestall the need to build a new prison, said Craig Prins, executive director of the Oregon Criminal Justice Commission. In April 2012, the state’s Office of Economic Analysis predicted that Oregon’s prison population would soar past 16,000 by 2020, requiring construction of additional prisons, and would cost an additional $600 million over 10 years. Read More. |
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