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.
Letting inmates 60 and over serve out their sentences under house arrest was one of the ideas pitched to ease overcrowding.
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