Article: PRISON POPULATION POISED FOR DROP, OFFICIAL SAYS.(CAPITAL REGION)

Article: PRISON POPULATION INCREASE SLOWER THAN OTHER ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 18, 1999 ;     471 words ... ... ALBANY -- New York state's prison population is growing at a much slower ... annual increase in New York's prison population since 1990 was almost half ... director of criminal justice, Katherine Lapp, said Tuesday. Lapp attributed ...

Article: ANOTHER CRIME STATISTIC.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  August 23, 1999 ;     659 words ... ... 3 percent blip, has the prison population been so, well, stable ... overall national increase in the prison population. The argument has been made ... practical alternatives to prison. Katherine Lapp, Governor Pataki's director ...

Article: Prison Overpopulation Studied
AP Online;  July 13, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... percentage of the nation's prison population, drug experts said in arguing ... discernible effect on the nation's prison population.'' Advocates of legalization ... director of criminal justice Katherine Lapp. Those convicted and sentenced ...

Article: CORRECTIONAL SERVICES SLATED FOR $50M LESS.(MAIN)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  January 17, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Capitol bureau Albany A projected reduction in New York's prison population for the first time in more than 20 years led Gov. George ... casings from crime scenes. State Criminal Justice Director Katherine Lapp called the governor's budget ``good news.'' She ...

Article: THOUSANDS OF PRISON CELLS STILL NEEDED, PATAKI CLAIMS.(CAPITAL ...
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  February 4, 1998 ;     512 words ... ... system. Goord and state Criminal Justice Services Director Katherine Lapp were defending Gov. George Pataki's proposed state budget ... year started. That was the first time since 1972 that the prison population had fallen in a calendar year, from 12,535 to 12,444 ...

Article: Pataki Proposes Softening Drug Laws
AP Online;  January 17, 2001 ;     452 words ... ... reduced sentences. State Criminal Justice Coordinator Katherine Lapp said the governor's plan would divert nearly 6,000 ... Department of Correctional Services because of a falling prison population. The leader of the Assembly's Democratic majority ...

Article: PRISON POPULATION BOOMING INMATES IN COLORADO ...
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 27, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... Southern Bureau Colorado's state prison population grew nearly six times faster than ... cause of the state's fast-growing prison population. Colorado had 16,319 people in ... contributed to the growth in its prison population, said John Suthers, director of ...