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| Arkansas Officials Offer Plans to Reduce Prison Populations |
| By thv11.com |
| Published: 10/05/2016 |
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) -- Currently, Arkansas has the fastest-growing prison population in the country, and state officials are pushing to reduce it. In 2015, the Arkansas Department of Corrections put 70% more people in prison than it did in 2012. That same year, Governor Hutchinson announced he'd hired the Council of State Governments Justice Center (JC) to reduce the number of inmates and save the state money. The JC presented its final plan to the state's legislative Criminal Justice Oversight Task Force on Tuesday. The JC presented eight different options. One of which, would reduce prison sentences for those charged on a technicality, like missing a probation appointment or failing a drug test. Read More. |
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