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| Lawmaker’s short-term solution to prison overcrowding problem draws controversy |
| By koco.com- Bret Buganski |
| Published: 06/29/2017 |
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OKLAHOMA CITY — More than 62,000 people are in Oklahoma prisons, and one lawmaker has a plan to let up to 1,000 inmates out early without letting them go free. The Oklahoma Department of Corrections certainly want the state legislature to act and has suggested going into a special session. One lawmaker’s short-term solution to solve the prison system’s overpopulation problem -- Oklahoma prisons are at 109 percent capacity -- is drawing up some controversy, though. Rep. Bobby Cleveland said he’s meeting with DOC officials this week about cutting prison populations down. One of his solutions is to release 500 to 1,000 nonviolent offenders in the next few months and put them on electronic monitoring. Read More. |
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