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• New Fla. corrections secretary says 'status quo' in prison system can't continue

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  Mark Inch told lawmakers staffing shortages and funding shortfalls contribute to inmate violence and CO injury

• Officials: Mass Okla. inmate release would be nation's largest

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  The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board will commute the sentences of over 400 non-violent offenders

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• Calif. eases mandatory sentences, bars charging inmates for medical care

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  Gov. Gavin Newsom signed more than two dozen criminal justice bills Tuesday

• Koch exec, Black Lives Matter in group pushing prison reform

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  The unlikely collaboration is focused on finding solutions to problems like the effects of a 1994 crime bill in policing and prisons

• Ga. county commission passes no-cash bond measure

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  The commission has voted to stop requiring cash bail for people accused of violating ordinances, allowing them to be released on their own recognizance

• '3 strikes' sentencing reform leaves out Wash. inmates

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  Washington's 1993 three-strikes law was among the first and stands out as among the nation's strictest

• Jails emptying as criminal justice reform quietly takes hold in NH

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  Several jails are seeing lower inmate populations, with some dropping by almost half

• Group seeks to reduce Okla.'s high incarceration rate

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  Many of the proposals are facing fierce opposition from district attorneys and law enforcement

• Trump calls for new focus on hiring former prisoners

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  Trump's goal is to cut the unemployment rate for ex-prisoners to single digits within five years

• A prison program in Conn. seeks to find out what happens when prisoners are treated as victims

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  Connecticut modeled the program on a German prison for young people

• Auditors: Wash. jails could release 4,700 inmates, save millions through pretrial services

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  Auditors found the cost of incarceration outweighs the cost of pretrial services, concluding reforms could save $6-12 million in taxpayer money each year

• Settlement brings reforms to Ore. county jail

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  Officials have agreed to lower the number of inmates per cell as well as take other actions

• Federal sentencing overhaul leads to Tenn. man's release

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  Matthew Charles received national attention in 2018 after being re-sentenced and ordered back to prison two years after a judge ruled his sentence was unfair

• Criminal justice bill passes Senate

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  The union representing federal correctional officers has supported the measure

• Report: Prison reforms estimated to cost $346M over 10 years

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  Reforms are expected to reduce the number of federal prisoners by 53,000

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