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In Reform Drive……2CCA Refinances $1 BillionIn Debt,Merges Units………350%Of Youths In JailSuffer Mental Illnes…………3Study Reviews CourtPlacement Of Youths………4Model Outlines Ways ToStart Juvenile Programs.……4Study Analyzes JuvenilesSentenced To Death…………4OJJDP Offers GuidelinesFor Training,Tech Aid……4ABA Seeks RecommendationsOn Juvenile Justice.……………4  \nACROSS THE STATES  \nArizona,Arkansas……………5California,Illinois…………….5Kansas,Kentucky ………5Nevada,New Hampshire……6New Jersey,New York……6South Dakota………………  6Tennessee,Texas,Vermont.7West Virginia,Wisconsin...7  \nDEATH ROW  \nTexas…………………………8Virginia…………  ………8  \nCorrectionSDIGEST  \nThe only independent news service for the corrections professional  \n# Advisory Group Recommends ConnecticutCut Sentences,Increase Drug Treatment\n\nConnecticut can address most of its prison crowding problem andcut costs at the same time throughnew judicial policies that would re-duce sentences and increase sub-stance abuse treatment.  \nAn advisory report claimed that80 percent of the state's inmateshave substance abuse problems.  \nThe recommendation is ex-pected to face serious oppositionbecause it would require the state to make a radical change in its priori-ties for dealing with crime.  \nHouse member Paul Doyle said  \nConnecticut has dealt with itsovercrowding by sending inmates toother states as an alternative to newconstruction.  \nConnecticut is not alone in try-ing to find a solution to overcapac-ity due largely to the surge in drugconvictions in the 1990s.  \nCalifornia and New York havedecided to expand treatment fornonviolent drug offenders ratherthan incarcerate them.  \nThe report to the Connecticutlegislature made more than 20 rec-ommendations,but the most far-reaching involved drug treatmentand shorter sentences.  \nThe staff of the Legislative Pro-gram Review and InvestigationsCommittee prepared the study inpreparation for next year's session.  \nhe would oppose any attempt to en-act the recommendations.  \nOther legislators said the pro-posal amounted to going soft oncrime.  \nSome legislators said the pro-posal to increase community-basedrehabilitation had merit and couldfree up beds in medium-security fa-cilities.  \nThe study is a response to theCorrections Department's projec-tions that it will need to spend atleast $200 million to increasecapacity by about 10 percent.DOCalso forecasts operating costs wouldrise by more than 10 percent annu-ally.  \nThe proposed 1,600 beds wouldboost capacity to 17,600.The oper-ating budget is $500 million.  \nCorrection officials and somelegislators said that the report couldjeopardize public safety.  \nHousing someone in prisoncosts $35,000 a year while a com-munity-based residential bed coststhe state about $20,000 annually,the report said.  \nThe study said 80 percent of theinmates need substance abuse coun-seling.Expansion of treatment would reduce recidivism amongnonviolent offenders,it said  \nThe committee staff report pro-posed that nonviolent offenders  \nwould serve a maximum of 75 per- cent of their sentences.Violent of-fenders would continue to servelonger sentences,the study said.  \n## N.Y.JUSTICE POLICYSLOWS INMATE GROWTH\n\nNew York State's criminal jus-tice policy has produced the slowestinmate growth rate among the na-tion's largest prison systems overthe past decade and an actual de-cline in 2000.  \nif current trends continue,theyear-over-year comparisons fromfiscal 2000 to fiscal 2001 will showan inmate population decline ofabout 2,400.  \nTo reflect the changes,the De-partment of Correctional Servicesordered a freeze on hiring at 14 ofthe state's 70 prisons with double-bunk facilities.The state also ex-pects to leave the upper bunksempty.  \nAt the same time,New Yorkwill continue to fill vacancies at theother 56 units.  \nThe 2,423 top bunks to be va-cated will be from among the 3,496now in place at these 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