Inmate cuts may open gate for Colorado crime

The Denver Post ^ | August 21, 2009 | Kirk Mitchell

[george76]

Gov. Bill Ritter's plan to cut the state budget through inmate releases could reduce Colorado's prison population by 1,000 in a year and immediately save $19 million.

It will also almost certainly accelerate the commission of new crimes, and could force layoffs from a privately run prison.

Ritter's plan calls for trimming parole supervision for some inmates already out of prison, and releasing some non-sex-offender inmates early and placing them on parole. A total of 5,700 inmates or parolees could see their status change as a result of Ritter's cut.

A Metropolitan State College of Denver professor says it's unavoidable that a large number of those prisoners or parolees will commit new crimes.

"The recidivism rate in Colorado is between 40 and 60 percent within five years, depending on types of crimes," .

"I do think that the risk of release is that some will go on a crime spree ..."

[dynachrome]

Maybe if he deported all the illegals in jail, the non violent ones, Colorado would be ahead

[FlingWingFlyer]

You know the economy is bad when we start laying off convicts.

[mountainlion]

Gorvernor Ritter was the city attorney for Denver that let 98% if the illegal criminals go free. He seems to want to have a high crime rate for the rats in power for some reason. He blew the budget and now he is threatening to let prisoners loose to get more money. He made a $100 fine that he called a fee for people late in licensing their motor vehicles. What a piece of work.

[Uri’el-2012]

The Democrats always choose the most anarchistic solution.

[george76]

Then deport the rest of the illegals

[dynachrome]

Yup.

[OrangeHoof]

In Democrat parlance, this is called a “voter registration drive”...

[RandallFlagg]

So, every crime committed and every person hurt and/or killed by any of these criminals being released can be laid on Critter’s sorry, gutless, empty democrat head.

[dragnet2]

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[Gator113]

Will they be out in time to help ACORN with the census?

Can any of them be immediately placed into management positions, or does ACORN require them to start at the bottom and work their way to top?

Well, at least these guys will be out in time to ride in lib busses during the next campaign.