Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100719:15:54:00
Authorities focus on more serious offenders. >> we're saying if you complete your high school education and if you'll learn a trade and complete your drug and alcohol program, then we'll give you a small bonus? kevin oliphant, convicted of grand theft, will be free in august >> i think i've earned it. i've gotten clean, taken all the classes that they asked me to take here. >> reporter: for a state that spends $47,000 per year per inmate, more money on prisons than higher education, the savings will total $100 million this year alone. while saving money on prisons is popular, let being prisone...
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