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Highlights include New York freezing hiring across half of its 70 prisons to reduce jobs over the next seven months as the inmate population declines, shifting transfers from county jails, and expecting fewer drug offenders. 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24,2001  \nVol.32,No.34  \n# IN THIS ISSUE\n\nFlorida Will Increase SpecialServices For Juveniles………2Pennsylvania Expands MentalHealth Care For Youth.……2Michigan 'Night Hawk'Tracks Parole Violators…….3Drug Traffickers GetLonger U.S.Sentences……3Growth Slows By HalfFor Adults In Correction.....3  \n# IN THE COURTS\n\n5th Circuit Rules On CounselFor Capital Defendant.……4Nebraska Supreme Court PutsLimit On Death Penalty……5  \n# ACROSS THE STATES\n\nArizona,Arkansas………………5California………………………….5Colorado,Kansas……………6Kentucky,Montana……………6New Hampshire…  ………7New Jersey………………7New York…………………7Texa.……  ……………………7Utah………………………………7  \nDEATH ROW  \nNorth Carolina……  ……7  \n# CorrectionSDIGEST\n\nThe only ingependent news service for the corrections professlonal  \nTheNewYorkCorrectionalDepartment has frozen hiring at halfof its 70 prisons with a target ofeliminating more than 600 jobsthrough attrition over the next sevenmonths.  \nThe department also expects totransfer inmates from county jailswhere it has been leasing beds.Sev-eral rural counties will have excesscapacity and reduced income as aresult of the policy change.  \nOther possibilities on the draw-ing board include closing somesmaller prisons and transferring in-mates and staff to larger prisons.  \nEstimating that the inmatepopulation will decline about 9 per-cent over the budget cycle,the de-partment hopes to reduce its payrollthrough retirement and resignationrather than laying off officers.  \nOfficers'  salaries start at$33,000 and rise to $48,000 after 20years.  \nThe hiring freeze that affects 36prisons represents a reversal of agrowth pattern that began in the1970s and has helped to swell theprison system's annual budget to  \n$2.4 billion.New York has built 38new prisons since 1982 and leasedbeds in many rural county jails thatalso expanded to meet the Correc-  \n# New York Freezes Hiring At Half Of 70Prisons As Inmate Population Declines\n\ntional Department's needs.  \nThe New York State Sheriffs'Association said counties that over-built to accommodate state inmateswill be the hardest hit.  \nCorrections officials noted theshift in the inmate population beganin late 1999 and accelerated lastyear.The inmate population wouldfall even faster and deeper if thelegislature approves Gov.GeorgePataki's proposal to ease the state'stough sentencing requirements fordrug offenders.  \nEven without the Pataki plan,the number of drug offenders is ex-pected to decline.The state judicialsystem last year adopted a rule torequire judges to seek treatment asalternatives to incarceration fornonviolent drug offenders.  \n## FLORIDA ALLOTS $4.5MTO FAITH PROGRAMS\n\nThe Florida Corrections De-partment has allocated $4.5 millionto provide specialized services andhousing to religious inmates andhire additional chaplains and coun-selors at seven prisons.  \nThe department expects to ex-tend the program to about 400 in-mates who will live separately from  \n## FLORIDA WILL INCREASE SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICES FOR JUVENILES\n\n  The Florida Department of Ju-            planned for Broward County wherevenile Justice is planning to add an-the state now operates a 109-bedother 1,150 beds for youths withunit on a five-acre parcel.special rehabilitation needs forBecause nearby commercial de-mental health,substance abuse andvelopment has enhanced the land'ssexual aggression.value,the state would sellthe parcelBesides improving treatment,and construct the new unit at athe department in at least one Southnearby location.Florida location would consolidateUnder a 1989 court order,thecourt,probation,health care anddepartment is restricted to detainingdetention in a consolidated facility.a maximum of 109 youths but thepopulation sometimes exceeds 150.  \nThe objective of specializedtreatment facilities for children withmental health and substance abuseproblems is to deal with the prob-lems that led to their detention andreduce the probability of recidivism.  \nThe department has found thatmentally ill youths detained withviolent offenders are t","cbCain7UVIyhqfHY","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCain7UVIyhqfHY","pdf",2593750,"English","## IN THIS ISSUE\n## IN THE COURTS\n## ACROSS THE STATES\n## DEATH ROW\n## CorrectionSDIGEST\n## FLORIDA ALLOTS $4.5M TO FAITH PROGRAMS\n## FLORIDA WILL INCREASE SPECIAL NEEDS SERVICES FOR JUVENILES\n## PENNSYLVANIA EXPANDS MENTAL HEALTH CARE","[{\"question\":\"Why is New York freezing hiring at half of its 70 prisons?\",\"answer\":\"The New York State corrections department plans to eliminate more than 600 jobs through attrition as inmate population declines, targeting reductions during the coming budget cycle.\"},{\"question\":\"How will New York change inmate housing as a result of the policy shift?\",\"answer\":\"Officials expect to transfer inmates from county jails where the state has been leasing beds, which may leave some rural counties with excess capacity and reduced income.\"},{\"question\":\"What initiatives expand rehabilitation and screening for 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