Pennsylvania - Gov. Tom Corbett is on the right track on prison reform. Last year, the Corbett administration dropped plans to build a 2,000-bed prison in Fayette County. Now Corbett's Secretary of Corrections John Wertzel has announced that making the parole process more efficient will allow the Pennsylvania's prison system to reduce its inmate population by 2,500.
VIRGINIA - The overuse of solitary confinement concerns some members of the Virginia legislature. According to Senator Adam Ebbin and Delegates Charniele Herring and Patrick Hope, there are simply too many prisoners in solitary for too long.
Published January 20, 2012 / Associated Press
SPRINGFIELD, Illinois. – Lawmakers from both parties are seeking ways to reduce Illinois' growing prison population, and one has introduced legislation to restart a contentious program that let well-behaved prisoners out early.
Published: Sunday, January 15, 2012, 8:30 AM Updated: Sunday, January 15, 2012, 9:52 AM By Kent Faulk -- The Birmingham News
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The Fair Sentencing Act of 2010 changed how judges sentenced felons for crack cocaine offenses as compared to those sentences for crimes involving powdered cocaine. (The Associated Press |
BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA -- Willie Thomas Morris left the federal prison at Talladega a free man on Nov. 8 after having served about two-thirds of a nine-year and two-month sentence for his conviction on gun and crack cocaine charges.
"His family was very happy to have him back home, especially before the holidays," said Scott Brower, the Birmingham lawyer who had represented Morris after he was charged.
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