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Virginia legislature working on cost-saving sentencing reforms

By Douglas A. Berman

The Washington Post has this report from Virginia on the latest local sentencing reforms being driven by prison economy realities.  The article is headlined "Nonviolent Inmates Could Get Out Early: Va. Senate Drafts A Budget Assist Worth $50 Million," and here are excerpts: Leaders in the Virginia Senate are drawing up plans to overhaul the state's criminal sentencing policies so that hundreds, perhaps thousands, of inmates can be released from prison early, a politically risky move aimed at saving tens of millions of dollars. Under the proposal being drafted by Senate leaders from both parties, Virginia would expand its use of home monitoring and make it easier for nonviolent offenders to be released after they complete drug treatment programs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).