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From Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News:
A national report projects a 20-percent increase in Ohio's prison population over the next five years, and the state's corrections director says that drug use is to blame, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported Feb. 15.
"It doesn't surprise me," said Ohio corrections director Terry Collins of the projection from the Pew Charitable Trusts.
Pew's Susan Urahn said that states "are beginning to question whether huge additional investments in prisons are the most effective and economical way of combating crime ...
The challenge for state policy makers is to ensure that taxpayers are getting a strong return on their investments in corrections."
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Posted on February 28, 2007 07:46 PM
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