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| Heroin Epidemic Triggers Prison Crowding: Women's Prison May Be Too Small |
| By nhpr.org- Emily Corwin |
| Published: 12/18/2014 |
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In a November budget hearing in Concord, Commissioner of Corrections William Wrenn told lawmakers he feared the new $38 million prison they had funded – which is being built in Concord as I write this – would be too small. The fact that the state’s prison population has been growing steadily is well known. What’s new is a striking increase in the number of female inmates in state prison over the last six months. It’s 13 percent higher compared to 2013. That’s roughly four times the rate of increase among male inmates. Most of the growth is coming from the escalating rates of addiction. Two-thirds of additional inmates were convicted of drug crimes such as sales and possession. Many more were convicted of related crimes, like burglaries committed to feed an addiction. Read More. |
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