http://www.idahoreporter.com/2010/oversight-panel-releases-report-on-prisons/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:13:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.idahoreporter.com/2010/oversight-panel-releases-report-on-prisons/comment-page-1/#comment-1975 Legislative watchdogs will study liquor division, emergency services « Idaho Reporter Tue, 23 Mar 2010 01:35:40 +0000 http://www.idahoreporter.com/?p=1705#comment-1975 [...] and Parole. Those studies made news, but have not led to significant legislation this session. Read IdahoReporter.com’s coverage of the corrections department here and parole commission [...] [...] and Parole. Those studies made news, but have not led to significant legislation this session. Read IdahoReporter.com’s coverage of the corrections department here and parole commission [...]

]]> http://www.idahoreporter.com/2010/oversight-panel-releases-report-on-prisons/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 Report calls for efficiencies in parole system « Idaho Reporter Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:11:07 +0000 http://www.idahoreporter.com/?p=1705#comment-1075 [...] Sen. Elliot Werk, D-Boise, sits on the panel of lawmakers that requested the review of IPCC and said there would be no safety concerns by prudently releasing offenders approved for parole more efficiently. He said that, given Idaho’s current economic situation, the parole process should follow some of the report’s suggestions for streamlining. “Corrections is eating up a bigger piece of the budget,” he said. “We don’t have enough money to go around.” He added that it is probably too late in the legislative session for any statutory changes to IPCC, but that the report and a follow-up due in six months could lead to action next year. The OPE released a report on state prisons Jan. 26 that has yet to see any substantive policy changes. [...] [...] Sen. Elliot Werk, D-Boise, sits on the panel of lawmakers that requested the review of IPCC and said there would be no safety concerns by prudently releasing offenders approved for parole more efficiently. He said that, given Idaho’s current economic situation, the parole process should follow some of the report’s suggestions for streamlining. “Corrections is eating up a bigger piece of the budget,” he said. “We don’t have enough money to go around.” He added that it is probably too late in the legislative session for any statutory changes to IPCC, but that the report and a follow-up due in six months could lead to action next year. The OPE released a report on state prisons Jan. 26 that has yet to see any substantive policy changes. [...]

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