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States rethink prison policies amid budget crises
Governors lawmakers and prison officials nationwide push reforms to cut prison and parole populations by tens of thousands. California aims to end parole for most nonviolent offenders shrinking the system by about 70,000, while Kentucky Virginia New York and Michigan explore early release and sentencing tweaks. The Pew Center projects prison populations rising to 1.7 million by 2011, but states seek safer, cost effective community supervision and treatment programs.
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New York
Marc Mauer
Kentucky
Virginia
Tim Kaine
David Paterson
Donna Lieberman
New York Civil Liberties Union
Michigan
Council of State Governments’ Justice Center
Alan Cropsey
Pew Center
Adam Gelb
Pew Project
Gelb
California
State Correctional Officers’ Union
Schwarzenegger
Idaho
Oklahoma
Thomas Sneddon
Santa Barbara
Calif
National District Attorneys Association
Sneddon
Council of State
Justice Center
Texas
Kansas
California Department of Corrections
California Epartment of Corrections
California State Prison
Los Angeles