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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Senator Jim Webb proposes 2009 national prison reform

The blue-ribbon commission would be charged with a thorough, 18-month review of the criminal justice system with the intention of determining responsible reforms to effectively reduce the incarceration rate, improve actions to effectively impact international and domestic gang violence, potentially restructure policy on the adjudication of drug crimes, provide for appropriate treatment of mental illness, improve prison administration, and create and establish a system that provides for the effective reintegration of ex-offenders.

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