Word: furloughs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...California legislators, for example, passed a law permitting inmates to earn reductions of up to 50% in their sentences by participating in work or study programs. That kind of early release, of course, is just parole by another name. So are Connecticut's "supervised home time" and "reentry furlough" programs, which amend the state's fixed-time laws by allowing the release of inmates as much as six months early at the discretion of officials. Such emerging hybrids may lead to improvements. But criminal justice practitioners do not expect miracles. Neither should anyone else. -By Michael S. Serrill...
Last December, school officials tried to save money by placing all university employees on a two-and-one-half-day payless furlough. Weeks later, it became apparent that more drastic action was needed. On February 6, the board of trustees, staring at a calculated $30-million deficit, voted to declare Michigan State University in a "state of financial crisis...