by Bob Walsh
The Secretary of the Kansas DOC has communicated to Governor Laura Kelly that it may be time to consider mass commutation of sentences within the department. The department is currently almost 100 prisoners over its capacity of 9,924. Last month they transferred 120 prisoners to a private prison operation in Arizona. The prison operator, CoreCivic, is said to have a dubious performance history.
The state is looking at releases for non-violent prisoners who have come close to maxing out their sentences. The ACLU thinks this is a wonderful idea.
Traditionally Kansas governors are not wild about executive freebies to prisoners. Two most recent past governors only issued three pardons between them in their entire terms in office.
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When will people learn that a prison sentence is punishment for a crime? When people are not made to take responsibility for their actions they will often be repeat offenders.
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