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Labour to use emergency powers to build new prisons to halt overcrowding crisis
The Independent via Yahoo News· 1 month agoLabour will use emergency powers to build new prisons and stop criminals being released months early...
Amid high inflation, Oklahoma Gov. Stitt's flat budget proposal could pressure agencies
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGov. Kevin Stitt has proposed flat budgets at most of the state’s largest agencies, which could...
Prisoners could be released 60 days early under move to ease overcrowding
Press Association News via AOL· 2 months agoCriminals will be able to be released from jail two months early in an attempt to ease the pressure...
Safer Kentucky Act would add thousands of state inmates. Is there room for them?
Lexington Herald-Leader via Yahoo News· 2 months agoKentucky lawmakers are ready to pass a huge crime bill, the Safer Kentucky Act, and incarcerate more...
Overcrowding in prisons is a ‘powder keg waiting to blow’
The Independent UK via AOL· 12 months agoBritish jails are being plunged into crisis as they face record levels of overcrowding, new figures...
Opinion: California has a $38-billion deficit. So why are we still paying for prisons we don't need?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoGov. Gavin Newsom has approved expensive raises for guards and new corrections facilities even as...
Billion-dollar supersize prisons are slated to be built across the U.S. But do they help or hurt...
Yahoo News 360· 7 months agoAt least three states are moving forward with plans for larger, pricier prisons, with proponents of...
Report: Wisconsin has one of the highest incarceration rates in US, especially for Black residents
Green Bay Press-Gazette via Yahoo News· 7 months agoA new report from Wisconsin Policy Forum shows that the state has some of the highest rates of...
Gov. Kristi Noem delivers South Dakota budget address, headlined by grocery tax cut, strong revenues
The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D. via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDec. 6—PIERRE S.D. — Speaking from the state capitol building in Pierre, Gov. Kristi Noem delivered her 2022 budget address to the joint chambers of the legislature. The fiscal year 2024 budget ...
PA lawmakers must support mental health safety net | My Turn
Pocono Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe COVID-19 pandemic has taken an enormous toll on the mental health and well-being of countless Pennsylvanians across every age group and in every corner of our state. County-level data and ...