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| Could Arizona save millions by reducing prison time? Maybe |
| By eacourier.com- Fernando Galvan |
| Published: 03/19/2015 |
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TUCSON — California’s incarceration rate is among the highest in the nation, but what cost the state $10 billion in 2007 costs $8 billion today. State officials saved the $2 billion by reducing prison sentences for nonviolent felons, and residents have not seen any rise in recidivism rates. If Arizona reduced prison term for nonviolent felons, more than $160 million could be saved annually. In the last 30 years, Arizona’s population has grown one and a half times to just under 6.4 million people. In that same time, the state’s prison population has grown five times as fast. Read More. |
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