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| Prison board OKs plan for parole, probation violators |
| By nwaonline.com- John Moritz |
| Published: 06/27/2017 |
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The Arkansas Board of Corrections decided Monday where to send some parole and probation violators under criminal justice changes approved this year by the Legislature. The board chairman, Benny Magness, pushed through a proposal he said was shaped with input from both Arkansas Community Correction, which oversees probation and parole services, and the Department of Correction, which manages state prisons. Also during the board meeting, held at the Wrightsville Unit in Pulaski County, Magness expressed concern for how each department would operate under tight budgets. Faced with overcrowding that is projected to worsen in the next decade, the Legislature passed Act 423 of 2017 this spring, with the intention of diverting certain offenders from prison. The section of the law affecting parolees and probationers goes into effect Oct. 1. Read More. |
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