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Presumptive Parole
Denying parole at first eligibility: How much public
safety does it actually buy? A study of prisoner release and recidivism in
Michigan,
CAPPS, August 2009.
The
high cost of denying parole: an analysis of prisoners eligible
for release, the CAPPS data report on parole-eligible prisoners,
CAPPS,
November
2003.
SB 827 (2009-2010 session).
Bill to create presumptive parole
for selected prisoners.
CAPPS testimony on SB 827, Senate
Judiciary Committee,
March 2, 2010. Supports
concept of presumptive parole; disagrees with specifics
of bill.
Presume parole at the
minimum,
barring objective factors indicating risk, to save the
state millions of dollars and to restore fairness to the
parole system, says Executive Director Barbara Levine in
an opinion piece in the Lansing State Journal. Jan.
4, 2009.
Policy
statements concerning the Parole and Commutation Process
by
Prisons and Corrections Section, State Bar of Michigan,
Jan. 8, 2011.
Supports statutory rebuttable
presumption of parole.
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"Since only about 5.5
percent of all parolees commit violent crime while
on parole and are returned to prison, locking
everyone up for longer periods is not a
cost-effective way of dealing with repeat crime."
-- Kenneth L. McGinnis,
Director, MichiganDepartment of Corrections,
1992-1998
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