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silvershadow

(10,336 posts) Thu Mar 10, 2016, 02:42 AM Mar 2016

Prison officials say lighter sentences aren't saving money

INDIANAPOLIS -- Prison officials say a massive sentencing reform law that was supposed to save taxpayer money is actually costing more.

The Department of Correction reports costs have more than tripled since it began diverting low-level offenders out of state prisons and back into their communities, as required by the new law.

Its report, which has yet to be released publicly, is alarming to some lawmakers who’ve seen it.

Senate Judiciary Chairman Brent Steele, R-Bedford, calls it “ridiculous” and says the report contains “phony-baloney numbers.”

more: http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/prison-officials-say-lighter-sentences-aren-t-saving-money/article_65e15ab6-e652-11e5-9672-6bf2b892e2d5.html