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With more than 6,000 people behind bars in Hawai'i, the state’s prison system is over capacity and requires anywhere from one quarter to one third of prisoners to be housed in mainland prisons. But, the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center projects that the policy changes recommended in the plan would drastically reduce the need for costly out-of-state prison beds, saving the state as much as $150 million over five years.

State develops plan to improve criminal justice system

Posted on 2:32 pm, Tuesday, January 17, 2012. Tags: ,

With more than 6,000 people behind bars in Hawai’i, the state’s prison system is over capacity and requires anywhere from one quarter to one third of prisoners to be housed in mainland prisons. But, the Council of State Governments (CSG) Justice Center projects that the policy changes recommended in the plan would drastically reduce the […]

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