On March 2, 2011, Jeff Ifrah, founder of Ifrah Law, and Jeffrey
Hamlin, an associate in the firm, published the following article in
the Los Angeles Daily Journal.
Prison inmates in the United Statesmay have reason to thank Wall
Street for the 2008 recession. The bloated federal deficit is forcing
agencies to tighten their budgets, including the U.S. Department of
Justice. According to its budget for2012, the Department of Justice
proposes to offset budget increases with cost-cutting measures that
include a revision tothe way good-time credits are calculated for
federal prison inmates.
We think the Department of Justiceis on the right track. Giving
well-behaved inmates more good-time credit will reduce prisonterms and
save money, both desirable outcomes. But a close look at the
department's proposal suggests that projected savings may be
overstated, if not altogether illusory. And if the country were not
heading into the 2012 election cycle, one might wonder why the
department decided to advocate for timid cuts at the periphery over
fundamental and much-needed change.
On Feb. 14, the Department of Justice released its 2012 budget request
for $28.2 billion. The proposal represents a 1.7 percent increase over
annualized spending levels under the 2011 continuing resolution.
Additional funding in thebudget will be used to strengthen national
security; preserve the department's traditional work (e.g.,
investigation, litigation, and immigration enforcement);
maintaincorrectional facilities; and assist state, local, and tribal
law enforcement.
The department plans to offset these increases with $2 billion in
program decreases and rescissions, including "component-unique"
program savings of$300.9 million. Its "component-unique" cuts include
the proposed elimination of the Drug Enforcement Agency's Mobile
Enforcement Teams (saving $39.1 million), reductions to the National
Drug Intelligence Center (saving$19.2 million), and revisions to the
number of good-time credits federal inmates can earn (saving$41
million). To put the numbers inperspective, savings from changes to
the good-time credit policy represent 13.6 percent of all
"component-unique" savings, 2.1 percent of total offsets, and 0.15
percent of the department's entire budget for 2012.
With respect to good-time credits, the Department of Justice's fiscal
2012 strategy paper explains: "The Administration will transmit
legislative proposals to amend the statutes governing federal inmate
good conduct time credit. The proposed legislation will continue
providing inmates with incentives for good behavior as well as to
participate in programming that is proven to reduce the likelihood of
recidivism. The proposed sentencing reforms include (1) an increase in
the amount of credit aninmate can earn for good behavior, and (2) a
new sentence reduction credit, which inmates canearn for participation
in education and vocational programming. If enacted before FY 2012,
these changes could result in significant cost avoidance, potentially
up to$41.0 million in FY 2012, by slowing the rate of the federal
inmate prison population growth."
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