Sunday, January 16, 2011
Committee To Propose Ways To Cut Inmate Population
This year, Kentucky will spend more than $460 million on its Corrections Department. A committee created to find less-costly alternatives to prison while keeping the public safe is set to meet Tuesday in Frankfort and propose legislation for the 2011 General Assembly. The group will suggest ways to cut the state inmate population of nearly 21,000, one-fourth of whom are serving time on drug charges. Among possible proposals, the Task Force on the Penal Code and Controlled Substances Act is weighing changes to the law about drug trafficking near a school. The Pew Center on the States was paid $200,000 for its counsel for the task force. The committee includes the chairmen of the House and Senate judiciary committees, a former prosecutor, a defense lawyer, the secretary of the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and Kentucky's chief justice.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:01 PM 
