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Tom Corbett on Crime
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Justice Reinvestment: eligible offenders out of system
While prisons are necessary, they are not necessarily the only answer. Our Justice Reinvestment Initiative gets eligible offenders out of the system and works to re-introduce them as productive citizens. It also will save us $139 million. This money is
being moved to the "front end" of the justice system--victim services, local policing, county-based offender treatment, improved probation services. We need to be tough on crime and smarter about preventing it. Justice Reinvestment does both.
Source: 2013 State of the State speech to Pennsylvania Legislature
, Feb 5, 2013
290 new state troopers plus 90 new civilian dispatchers
One of the greatest challenges we continue to confront as Pennsylvanians is the threat of crime. Public safety remains a top priority in my administration. Without safety society cannot long endure.That is why, once again,
I have announced plans for new cadet classes at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy. Over the next fiscal year we plan to train 290 new state troopers to protect and defend our citizens and our rule of law.
We will also add 90 new civilian dispatchers, freeing our troopers to get out on the roads and into our communities, where they are most needed.
Much of that expansion has been made possible by enhancing our justice system. It costs $34,000 a year to keep a man or woman in prison. That is $34,000 that doesn't reach our schools, pave our roads, or care for our poor.
Source: 2013 State of the State speech to Pennsylvania Legislature
, Feb 5, 2013
Cancel unneeded expensive prison project in Fayette County
This budget maintains our full complement of state police. Crime often costs us long after justice is done. In 1993 Pennsylvania had 24,000 men and women in its prisons. Today that number is over 50,000. This number speaks to a failure.
Sometimes it's a failure in our schools, or in our society, but ultimately in the personal character of the criminal. We need to fund additional parole officers to help freed inmates make the transition from the prison yard to Main Street.
Source: 2011 State of the State speech to Pennsylvania legislature
, Mar 8, 2011
Page last updated: Jul 27, 2017