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Federal fiscal discipline at DOJ might mean increases in good-time credits

By Douglas A. Berman

A helpful reader pointed me to this notable new Wall Street Journal article headlined "Budget Cutting Starts at Justice Department." Here are excerpts that ought to intrigue sentencing law and policy fans: As President Barack Obama finalizes his proposals to increase federal funding for his priority programs, the White House is searching for ways to reduce spending elsewhere in the federal government. At the Justice Department, officials are considering whether to shorten some federal prison terms and have already shut down a program that successfully encouraged fugitive criminals to turn themselves in.  The department ? which saw years of rapid growth after the 2001 terrorist attacks ? is just one of the federal agencies facing significant belt-tightening at a time of rising worries about the federal budget deficit...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 26, 2011 (boomark / email).