Title

"Politics and Other Mistakes" piece on the Commission to Improve the Sentencing,

Authors

Al Diamon

Source

Portland Phoenix

Date

1-9-2004

Pages

5

Abstract

"Politics and Other Mistakes" piece on the Commission to Improve the Sentencing, Supervision, Management, and Incarceration of Prisoners (CISSMIP), a legislative committee appointed to study the problem of prison overcrowding in Maine, noting that most of the committee's proposals aren't about increasing the capacity of the prison system, but rather about letting perpetrators spend less time incarcerated.

Subjects

Prisoners, Sentences (Criminal procedure)

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