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Tennesse……2Maryland Prosecutor Is NewChiefOf Prison System………3South Dakota Prepares For$13M Construction Program3Hawaiian Recidivism Is HighestFor Inmates On Main!and.….3Comment On Drug Courts...4Sentencing Commission SeeksComment On Guidelines……4Comment On Mental Health 4Mexico Asks World CourtTo Block U.S.Executions....4  \nIN THE COURTS  \n1st Circuit Rules Sex OffendersMust Meet Rehab Rules…….58th Circuit Lets Chronic YouthOffender Be Tried As Adult.5California Upholds FalseWitness Statute……………5  \nACROSS THE STATES  \nArk.,Calif.,Colo.,Conn.….6Fla.,Hawaii,Ill.,Iowa………6Louisiana,Maryland……………7Michigan,New York…………7South Carolina………………7  \nDEATH ROW  \nTexas…………………………7  \nCorrectionSDIGEST  \nThe only independent news service for the corrections professional  \n# California Legislators Begin TentativeMove To Incarceration Alternatives\n\nCalifornia legislators in the newsession have begun tentative movestoward alternatives for incarcerationthat might include sentencing re-forms and early release for elderlyand nonviolent offenders.  \nThe second largest state prisonsystem in the nation is faced withcontinuing demand for prison bedsat the same time Califomia is ex-periencing its worst budget prob-lems in a generation.  \nAithough Gov.Gray Davis hasexpressed opposition to carly re-lease,lawnakers that overseespending programs claim to havefew alternatives.  \nThe governor's budget submis-sion to the legislature called for a  \n$5.2 billion prison budget,construc-tion of a new facility and 60 percentexpansion and renovation of SanQuentin's capital penalty unit.  \nBut the proposal has been metin the California legislature withproposals to slash the budget re-quest.  \nCalifornia's inmate populationhas increased 47 percent to 160,000over the past decade,but the prisonbudget has doubled from $2.6 bil-lion with health care costs contrib-uting significantly.Releasing eld-erly and inmates debilitated by  \nvarious diseases would reduce coststhe most while creating the lowestpublic risks.  \nCalifornia would join otherstates including Alabama,Arkansas,Idaho,lowa,Michigan,New Yorkand West Virginia that have begunconsideration of alternatives toholding prisoners for their full sen-tences.  \nSpeeding the reform movementalong has been the federai govern-ment's abandonment of Truth-in-Sentencing grants to states withtough penalties for violent crimes.  \nSenate Prison Oversight ChairGloria Romero plans to look at costcutting that includes early release ofnonviolent and elderly offenders.  \nRomero said California hasbeen “tough on crime without think-ing through the consequences.”  \nSenate President Pro Tem JohnBurton has asked corrections offi-cials to draft a list of options thatcould reduce spending.  \nBurton said releasing nonvio-lent inmates with 13 months toserve would trim $132 million.  \nThe Senate leader also said of-ficials have already provided infor-mation that state prisons hold 2,120petty thieves whose release couldcut S14 million from operations  \nPage 2  \nThe legislative proposals willrun into opposition from the 26,000-member California CorrectionalPeace Officers Association,whichsupports tough sentencing.The un-ion is among the biggest politicalcampaign donors in California.  \n## FLORIDA PROPOSES 4%INCREASE IN BUDGET\n\nFlorida Gov.Jeb Bush proposeda 4 percent increase in the prisonbudget that includes $89 million inconstruction and capital improve-ments.  \nThe proposed S1.8 billionbudget would also support continua-tion of mandatory sentences for alloffendcrs,Bush said.  \nThe governor said increasedspending for the Corrections De-partment helped to hold down costsfor police,prosecutors and courts.  \nCorrections Secretary James V.Crosby,Jr.said the proposal “fo-cuses on our core mission to protectthe public by operating a safe,hu-mane,and efficient corrections sys-tem and by strengthening our essen-tial functio","cbCaibIPtjjfEW4o","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaibIPtjjfEW4o","pdf",2454448,"English","# California 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