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Arkansas/Louisiana: Prison reform measures soon to emerge

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prison reform measures soon to emerge By The Fort Smith City Wire staff Created 02/04/2011 In a little more than a week, Arkansans are going to read and hear a lot of the details regarding prison reform measures emerging from a Pew Center study on the issue. Administration and legislative leaders say that the changes to be presented as a formal solution involve a voluminous section of the Arkansas code. The bill being drafted will be comprehensive entailing 120 pages or more. Arkansas' prisons are busting at the seams ? more so than other states ? and finding creative and pragmatic solutions to the public safety and budget complications of sentencing alterations, freeing up maximum security prison beds, and curtailing costs is a priority for the 88th General Assembly and Gov...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).