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Difficult Times in Kentucky Corrections -- Aftershocks of "Tough on Crime" Philosophy
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Difficult Times in Kentucky Corrections -- Aftershocks of "Tough on Crime" Philosophy
Publication year:
2003
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: "[C]orrections system problems brought on by elevated (and possibly unnecessary) levels of incarceration and especially . . . problems that trouble the corrections system of Kentucky and threaten to undermine the effectiveness of the state's justice system" are examined (p.4). This article is divided into the following parts: introduction; the road to harsher punishments; Kentucky's race to incarcerate; tougher laws and tougher attitudes; looking ahead -- inmate and cost projections, inmate flows, nonessential programs, parole and parole services, and state inmates in local jails; and conclusions.