Minn. Lawmakers To Debate Growing State Prison Population

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota’s top corrections experts are looking at ways to ease the strain on the state’s overcrowded prisons.
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Minnesota has one of the fastest-growing prison populations in the country, despite a drop in the crime rate.
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That is why the state’s top experts are looking at ways to slow it down, or build more jails.

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