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Post by Logan on May 6, 2016 5:04:32 GMT -6
South Dakota's criminal justice reforms have helped slow the growth of its prison population, but the state is still locking up too many nonviolent drug users. That's the conclusion of a new report released Thursday by the Urban Institute's Justice Policy Center, a nonprofit that studies criminal justice issues. Gov. Dennis Daugaard signed Senate Bill 70, the Public Safety Improvement Act, into law in February 2013. The law required parole and probation for more offenses and increased funding for treatment programs and other alternatives to incarceration. Since the law took effect, South Dakota is sending fewer nonviolent criminals to prison and keeping them there for shorter amounts of time. Prison terms for drug possession and ingestion were cut in half, according to the Urban Institute's analysis. Read more: www.argusleader.com/story/news/2016/05/05/report-sd-drug-laws-hurt-prison-reform-efforts/83964926/
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