Give drug felons food stamps, many states now say
By GRANT SCHULTE and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Nebraska is desperate to stop the runaway growth of its prison population, but doing so depends a lot on people like Ronald Tillman. Tillman,…
Prison overcrowding
States predict inmates’ future crimes with secretive surveys
By EILEEN SULLIVAN and RONNIE GREENE On a hot Friday last July, a parolee was mowing a lawn in a small cul-de-sac on the west side of the city when…
DEMOCRATS SPAR OVER DELAYING CALIF. PRISON ORDER
By DON THOMPSON State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, foreground, disusses the cost of Senate Democrats’ proposal to reduce prison crowding compared to one proposed by the Governor,…
HOLDER PROPOSES CHANGES IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
By PETE YOST This Oct. 4, 2010 file photo shows Attorney General Eric Holder speaking during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Holder is calling for major…