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<title>Parolee arrests outpace jail space in Mich.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Chad Livengood and Karen Bouffard Detroit News LANSING, Mich. &mdash; The Michigan Department of Corrections&#39; crackdown on parole absconders following high-profile crimes by state-supervised convicts has created a shortage in temporary bed space in Metro Detroit. That&#39;s resulted in increased costs to transport parolees to and from the Charles Egeler Reception and Guidance Center in Jackson ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 17:15:55 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Man in custody for killing of Okla. parole officer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[By CorrectionsOne Staff MIDWEST CITY, Okla. &mdash; A parole officer was shot dead during a pre-release supervision visit Friday. Jeffrey McCoy, 32, was a probation and parole officer with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, News OK reported. Police said when McCoy knocked the door of the house in Midwest City, a confrontation ensued with Lester Kinchion, 21. Witnesses said Kinchion, who lives at ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 13:13:19 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Minn. judges block rapist's bid for more freedom </title>
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<description><![CDATA[By Martiga Lohn The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. &mdash; A convicted rapist on Friday lost his bid to gain more freedom from a Minnesota program that confines more than 600 of the state&#39;s most dangerous sex offenders after they leave prison. A three-judge panel denied John Rydberg&#39;s request for a provisional discharge, finding that the 70-year-old repeat sex offender remains a threat to ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 00:12:39 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Pardons sought in NC race-riot case </title>
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<description><![CDATA[Members of the 1970s group known as the Wilmington 10 requested pardons, nearly 40 years after their trials]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 17:33:11 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Son of Sam killer denied parole in NY for 6th time </title>
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<description><![CDATA[The Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. &mdash; Son of Sam serial killer David Berkowitz has been denied parole by New York authorities for the sixth time. A parole board concluded on Tuesday his release would be incompatible with the welfare of society and would undermine respect for the law. The Son of Sam terrorized New York City in 1976 and &#39;77 and took responsibility for a string of handgun assaults ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 13:46:42 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Our slipping grip on supervision: Why released offenders keep coming back</title>
<author><![CDATA[Brad Drown]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[It’s been said that insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Just what are we expecting will happen this time as we increase probation and parole caseloads and purge prisons?]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 21:30:40 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>The Tipping Point: How can community corrections possibly handle more cases?</title>
<author><![CDATA[Brad Drown]]></author>
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<description><![CDATA[It is frequently assumed by politicians — and much of the public — that although it costs a lot of money to house an inmate, it will cost very little to supervise that same inmate in the community. But is this really true? ...]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:12:08 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>New law means more rehab, less jail time</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Okla. Governor Mary Fallin signed House Bill 2131. It's designed to reduce the state's prison population and help rehabilitate non-violent offenders.]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 20:14:26 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>Probation instead of prison?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Due to soaring prison costs in Ohio, judges there may begin reverting more often to probation instead of prison. It will save money and may help prisoners with rehabilitation. ]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 7 Feb 2011 19:13:49 UTC</pubDate>

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<title>First person: Ga. Sex offenders living in tents</title>
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<description><![CDATA[A small group of homeless sex offenders have set up camp in densely wooded area behind a suburban Atlanta office park, directed there by probation officers who say it's a place of last resort for those with nowhere else to go.]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:21:57 UTC</pubDate>

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