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284
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Betts provides a history of prisons in North Carolina and discusses demographics and overcrowding.
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North Carolina Insight (NoCar JK 4101 N3x), Vol. 9 Issue 3, Mar 1987, p4-28, il, bibl, f Periodical Website
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313
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The author offers a follow-up to the 1987 theme issue on correction policy and prison overcrowding, and offers more suggestions for state policy.
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512
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Certain factors have driven North Carolina's prison population upward between 1970 and 1989, and the proportion of certain types of inmates has changed.
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Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 56 Issue 4, Spring 1991, p9-19, bibl, f
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848
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The issue of prison overcrowding is put in the context of the gubernatorial candidates' debate of the issue.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 10 Issue 42, Oct 1992, p7, il Periodical Website
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927
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North Carolina legislation limits the growth of prison populations; the issue is whether or not this population cap has increased crime within the state.
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Popular Government (NoCar JK 4101 P6), Vol. 58 Issue 2, Fall 1992, p11-22, il, f
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1061
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North Carolina citizens, lawmakers, judges and administrators are struggling with prison-reform proposals. The state is in dire need of some type of remedy for prison overcrowding.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 17, Apr/May 1993, p10-13, por Periodical Website
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1377
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Stevens H. Clark, a criminal justice researcher at the University of North Carolina's Institute of Government, argues that the prison cap has had an inconsequential effect on crime in North Carolina, and that resources need to be focused on prevention.
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Endeavors (NoCar LD 3941.3 A3), Vol. 10 Issue 3, July 1993, p13-14, por Periodical Website
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27452
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Durham County is planning to build a $44 million dollar new jailhouse to open in 1993. This is in response to a lawsuit which ruled overcrowding in the current jail violated the civil rights of inmates. Opponents say the jail is too costly and improving the justice system would be wiser. Reducing bail and speeding up trial dates would save money for other priorities like education.
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Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 8 Issue 17, April 26 - May 2 1990, p11 Periodical Website
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29352
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Despite the cap being raised only two months ago by the North Carolina General Assembly, the state's prisons over-crowding problem reached a height of 19,900 by the end of August, 254 over the cap. To reduce the prison population, the Parole Commission is give emergency powers to accelerate the release of parole-eligible, non-violent offenders.
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North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 49 Issue 10, Oct 1991, p62-64, il
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31721
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The son of the famous African missionary met his untimely fate in Salisbury. After changing his name and joining the Union Army as a substitute, Robert Livingstone was captured in VA and sent to a confederate prison in Salisbury, NC. There he died in a possible escape attempt and was buried in an unmarked mass grave.
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The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 59 Issue 3, Aug 1991, p12-13
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