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Justice Dept. Announces Changes to Halfway House System
Source: Associated Press
Justice Dept. Announces Changes to Halfway House System
By ERIC TUCKER, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Nov 30, 2016, 5:03 PM ET
The Justice Department plans to overhaul its system of halfway houses, where most federal prisoners spend the final months of their sentences before being freed from custody, officials announced Wednesday.
The goal is to reduce the chances that inmates will commit crimes after their release and to help ease their return into society, the department said.
The initiative is part of the Justice Department's broader prisoner re-entry effort, which officials see as vital to reducing corrections costs and lowering the federal inmate population, and it comes just months after the department announced plans to end its use of private prisons.
The halfway houses serve more than 30,000 residents a year. The federal Bureau of Prisons has agreements with 103 contractors to operate 181 facilities across the country.
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By ERIC TUCKER, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON — Nov 30, 2016, 5:03 PM ET
The Justice Department plans to overhaul its system of halfway houses, where most federal prisoners spend the final months of their sentences before being freed from custody, officials announced Wednesday.
The goal is to reduce the chances that inmates will commit crimes after their release and to help ease their return into society, the department said.
The initiative is part of the Justice Department's broader prisoner re-entry effort, which officials see as vital to reducing corrections costs and lowering the federal inmate population, and it comes just months after the department announced plans to end its use of private prisons.
The halfway houses serve more than 30,000 residents a year. The federal Bureau of Prisons has agreements with 103 contractors to operate 181 facilities across the country.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/justice-department-announces-halfway-house-system-43879569
