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Expert urges data‑driven sentencing, graduated sanctions and reentry investments to slow prison growth
Summary
A national criminal‑justice expert told Montana lawmakers that detailed data and longer fiscal‑impact projections are needed; recommended policies included expanded earned‑time credits, capped revocation sanctions for technical violations, problem‑solving courts and improved parole decision guidelines to reduce prison admissions and recidivism.
Mark Levin, chief policy counsel at the Council on Criminal Justice, briefed the committee on drivers of Montana’s rising prison population and evidence‑based policy options to limit growth while maintaining public safety.
Levin said the state’s prison population has grown faster than its general population since 2000, and that…
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