Rate of Incarceration On the Rise in Kentucky

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By spectrumnews1.com- Ashleigh Mills

Published: 05/20/2019

FRANKFORT, Ky.-- The prison population in Kentucky has increased significantly, and continues to do so. Justice Cabinet Secretary John Tilley puts it this way: the population has increased by about 700% since the '70s, although the entire state population has increased by 38%. Tilley says prison reforms should cut the population in half, if only they could be passed by the General Assembly.

Secretary of the Justice Cabinet John Tilley says the population of the incarcerated has grown by 700% over several decades; that amounts to about 24,000 inmates today.
According to data from the Department of Corrections, 38% of the population is serving time for crimes classified as property and drug.
Tilley wants prison reform to include raising the dollar amount threshold that classifies stealing a felony, and lessening sentences for drug crimes.

"This should be a wake-up call and alarm to every Kentuckian to say we have far too many people in our prisons- and keep this in mind, this is in a country that incarcerates far more than any other in the civilized world," says Tilley.

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keatonjefferson on 07/30/2019:
I was scared that this rate would increase in Kentucky. I honestly think it's because of the server & network rack price in bd being increased. If they manage to get this price back to it's original value, I think the rate will decrease a bit.

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