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Rate of Incarceration On the Rise in Kentucky
By spectrumnews1.com- Ashleigh Mills
Published: 05/20/2019

FRANKFORT, Ky.-- The prison population in Kentucky has increased significantly, and continues to do so. Justice Cabinet Secretary John Tilley puts it this way: the population has increased by about 700% since the '70s, although the entire state population has increased by 38%. Tilley says prison reforms should cut the population in half, if only they could be passed by the General Assembly.
  • Secretary of the Justice Cabinet John Tilley says the population of the incarcerated has grown by 700% over several decades; that amounts to about 24,000 inmates today.
  • According to data from the Department of Corrections, 38% of the population is serving time for crimes classified as property and drug.
  • Tilley wants prison reform to include raising the dollar amount threshold that classifies stealing a felony, and lessening sentences for drug crimes.
"This should be a wake-up call and alarm to every Kentuckian to say we have far too many people in our prisons- and keep this in mind, this is in a country that incarcerates far more than any other in the civilized world," says Tilley.

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Comments:

  1. keatonjefferson on 07/30/2019:

    I was scared that this rate would increase in Kentucky. I honestly think it's because of the server & network rack price in bd being increased. If they manage to get this price back to it's original value, I think the rate will decrease a bit.


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