Record #:

29352

Author(s):

McDowell, Robert W.

Abstract:

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.

Source:

North Carolina (NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 49 Issue 10, Oct 1991, p62-64, il

Subject(s):

Prisons--Overcrowding