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| RI Prison Population Spikes, Will Cost Millions to Budget |
| By golocalprov.com- Kate Nagle |
| Published: 10/07/2014 |
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For the first time in six years, the Rhode Island's prison population is on the upswing -- and the ramifications of a continued increase could mean millions of taxpayer dollars. Rhode Island's annual Department of Corrections prison population report for Fiscal Year 2014 shows that the total RIDOC population was 3214, up over 3160 in 2013 -- but well below the peak in 2008 at 3860. "I think it's been relatively status quo," said the Rhode Island ACLU's Steve Brown of the state's recent prison population in recent years. "The last time the prison had a serious overcrowding crisis, the legislature passed reforms to mitigate the problem with 'good time'. Then they undid it in the past few years." Read More. |
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