Arkansas lawmakers told helping inmates return to society will ease prison overcrowding
Arkansas lawmakers and reform advocates are discussing how improving inmate reentry programs can help reduce severe prison overcrowding in the state.
Arkansas lawmakers and criminal justice reform advocates agreed Wednesday that improving the systems that help inmates return to society after incarceration will alleviate the state’s prison overcrowding problem. State correctional facilities have 15,362 beds and 16,804 inmates as of Sept. 1, and county jails are often tasked with holding inmates waiting for state prison beds. […]
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