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| Correcting Montana’s corrections system |
| By billingsgazette.com |
| Published: 11/02/2015 |
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Montana’s prisoner population has been growing faster than the national average. The state’s inmate count increased 15 percent between 2004 and 2013, compared with a national average of 6 percent, according to the Council of State Governments Justice Center. Felony case filings in Montana District Courts totaled 9,339 in 2014 – a 29 percent increase from 2008. The Justice Center will spend the next year working with the Montana Commission on Sentencing created by the 2015 Legislature. During 2004-2013, Montana’s property crime rate dropped by 41 percent and its violent crime rate increased 51 percent. At the same time, the national rate of property crime fell 46 percent and violent crime dropped 50 percent. Montana’s crime rate still remains well below the U.S. average, but the trend isn’t good. While the state incarcerated more people, more violent crime was reported. Clearly, locking up more people wasn’t reducing the worst crimes. Read More. |
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