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Sentencing Commission projects steady prison growth; urges attention to treatment, RAFT and MAT
Summary
Scott Schultz, executive director of the Kansas Sentencing Commission, presented the agency's 10‑year bed projections (estimating a need for ~2,530 additional beds over 10 years, net ~1,365 beds beyond current capacity under assumptions), described the new KSAP electronic sentencing app and data improvements, and summarized the Sentencing Commis
Scott Schultz, executive director of the Kansas Sentencing Commission, told the joint committee the agency’s 10‑year prison population model shows an increase that will create bed pressure unless policy or population trends change. He summarized the commission’s purpose, the sentencing guidelines framework and how the agency uses sentencing and corrections data to produce monthly and 10‑year projections.
Schultz said the commission’s modeling projects roughly 2,530 additional beds over a 10‑year horizon under current policy and…
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