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A conservative case for reducing incarceration

Via Think Outside the Cage, I was pleased to discover this remarkable editorial from the right-leaning Colorado Springs Gazette analyzing partisan debates over corrections spending in that state ("The case for early prison release plan: We can't afford lock 'em up politics," Sept. 16). Here's how the op-ed opens:Seldom do Republicans clamor for more state spending, and more government bureaucracy, in opposition to Democrats. That?s exactly what?s happening in Colorado, however, as leading Republicans blast Democrat Gov. Bill Ritter for his proposal to save money by shrinking the prison population. GOP gubernatorial candidate Josh Penry called the governor?s plan ?Ill-conceived and reckless.? Colorado Attorney General John Suthers said the plan ?will seriously compromise public safety...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 21, 2009 (boomark / email).