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Oklahoma House OKs bill on parole for decrepit inmates
By newsok.com- Randy Ellis
Published: 05/24/2017

The Oklahoma House of Representatives passed a bill Tuesday that would authorize paroles for medically fragile inmates — but only after heavily amending the measure in committee to severely limit the types of inmates who would be eligible.

The bill passed the House 81-15 and will now go to the Senate.

Lowering the incarceration rate for nonviolent offenders assessed as being a low risk to the community is one of the key elements of criminal justice reform efforts approved by voters last November.

On the House floor, state Rep. Greg Babinec, one of the House authors of the Conference Committee Substitute for House Bill 1338, was questioned about whether conferees had gone too far in limiting eligibility for the program, substantially reducing cost savings the state might otherwise receive.

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