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| LePage preparing to grant more inmates early releases, says corrections chief |
| By bangordailynews.com- Jake Bleiberg |
| Published: 06/09/2017 |
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PORTLAND, Maine — Gov. Paul LePage is preparing to grant more prisoners early releases, according to Department of Corrections Commissioner Joseph Fitzpatrick. The governor’s staff are now reviewing the list of Maine’s female prisoners for non-violent offenders who could be let out early and intends to look at the county jail population when that is done, Fitzpatrick said Tuesday on WVOM, a Bangor radio station. In late May, LePage commuted the sentences of 17 male prisoners, cutting days, months and in one case more than a year off sentences on conditions including that the former inmates report to probation officers and look for work. Fitzpatrick said that granting early releases to people in the county jails could help ease overcrowding in that system and that LePage has opposed commuting the sentences of any violent criminals or people convicted of selling drugs. Read More. |
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