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| New corrections policies prompt releases |
| By mcalesternews.com- Clifton Adcock |
| Published: 12/16/2014 |
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Pushing to reduce prison overcrowding, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections has quietly changed its policies to give early releases to greater numbers of violent and sex offenders, according to agency documents obtained by Oklahoma Watch. The department is doing so by relaxing policies that determine which types of inmates can receive early-release credits, when those credits can be given, and how many credits offenders can receive, corrections department records show. Previously, for example, inmates convicted of violent or sex crimes, such as murder or robbery, who lost early-release credits because of “misconducts” in prison were not eligible for restored credits. Now they are. Read More. |
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