[Doglips]

From CNN......read it a miniute....first group is nonviolent offenders getting out 80 days early...no big deal....at the end they mention that more will be released each month....so soon the violent and long terms inmates will be getting released to save $$......if you life in Kentucky and dont own firearms...now would be a realy good time to start.

Kentucky to release 567 inmates early
Monday, December 16, 2002 Posted: 6:59 PM EST (2359 GMT)



FRANKFORT, Kentucky (AP) -- The state plans to release 567 felons from jail before their sentences have been served to help balance a teetering state budget, the governor said Monday.

Gov. Paul Patton acknowledged the early release carries some dangers and will prompt objections from many, but said he must do what it takes to make up a $6 million deficit in the Corrections Department budget and much larger deficits across state government.

"It's not going to be pretty no matter how we do it," Patton said during a news conference.

The inmates will be released starting at noon Wednesday and again next week, an average of 80 days before their sentences have been served. The actual number may vary, depending on whether some have been given early release by judges or other factors.

The bulk of the inmates are now lodged in county jails, with 102 to be released from state prisons and another eight from halfway houses.

Deputy Justice Secretary Barbara Jones said the inmates were chosen for their short sentences and nonviolent crimes. Nevertheless, she acknowledged that officials expect at least a third of the inmates to return with new convictions. If that happens, they will also have to serve out the remainder of their current sentences.

The state pays jails $28.76 a day to house its inmates. Patton said the prison population has exploded and there are hundreds more inmates in county jails than the budget predicted.

The state inmate population in local jails will be kept at 3,736, which will likely mean new rounds of inmate releases each month as more felons are convicted and sent to serve their sentences, the governor said.

Patton said the state contracts with private prisons are being renegotiated to reduce costs.

[Oxford]

Sounds like a good source of labor is being laid off too early. Why not have them produce something of value which the state can use to pay for their jail expenses? Sounds too easy. There must be reasons why this isn't used more often.

[NRAJOE]

Isn't that how we got PAPA G?

[alan c.]

Sounds like live target practice to me.

[Doglips]

NRA we got papa g for a pack of ciggerretss and a soda for a diffrent gun board were he was origanly tradeed for a tatoo

[Shaun]

Sounds like us in neighboring states should also be very concerned. I hope all of you who can carry have your permits and those of you in states that don't permit it have some way of defending yourself -- remember adults are considered incorigable criminals they can not be rehabilitated -- jail serves as a training ground for more crime.

[PAPA G]

because of the budget crunch they are releasing minimal threat prisoners(what ever that is) closing two minimum security facilities, cutting back on State Trooper hiring.

state revenues down, things is bad but i do not see our millionare Govenor, and the legislature forfeting their pay and perks for the good of the citizenry!!!

[Calvin]

Papa, if you should happen to run over, er, into any of these convicts, just remember- 76 Falls. It's awfully deep there...

[PAPA G]

where that be at??? anyway theres plenty of places around here to dump some one off if that were a neccessity. i do not advocate the practice though

[wes]

Papa,if ya need any advice on digging shallow graves,let me know,I've got a lot of experience.

[Calvin]

Wes, as close as Papa G is to Lake Cumberland, there's no need for digging anything. If the Edmund Fitzgerald had sunk on Lake Cumberland, it STILL would be lost....

[PAPA G]

heck no problem for body disposal, just prop it up on a chair on a porch!!! be years afore some one figures it out!!!

[Shaun]

Guy I have access to several Loaders and other pieces of equipment -- remember the Cat stuff can bury one deep with little effort

[grizzly]

Maybe they are going to open a new big game season (or small game depending on their height)

[Klaus]

This is stupid. They should be sold to the highest bidder as INDENTURED SERVANTS. The employer should provide room and board, up to prison standards, and work them 10 hours a day. They can pay them maybe 1/5 of minimum wage, to be paid in lump sum when the contract expires, with it forfeit if the prisoner violates the contract.

[oneastrix]

Good to see ya back Klaus!

[grizzly]

Think I'll need a special stamp or somthing...