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Fixed prison sentences may shift penology trends nationwide
Indeterminate sentences face a push toward fixed or flat time terms as the Maine model spreads. Indiana California and six more states weigh or adopt fixed sentences while debates rage over rehabilitation versus punishment and parole elimination.
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Associated Press
Maine
Indiana
California
Edmund G. Brown Jr
Alaska
Illinois
Con
Necticut
Colorado
Washington
Ohio
Virginia
Florida
South Dakota
Minnesota
Wendell Anderson
Ford
Justice Department
Twentieth Century Fund
Criminal
Fund
American Civil Liberties Union
Prisoners’ Union
National
Prisoners Association
National Prison Project
ACLU
Chase Kittenberg
Department of Mental Health and Corrections
United States
Richard Speck
Chicago
Speck
Sanford Fox
Boston College of Law
Tim Fitzharris
California Probation and Parole Association