Texas Considers Early Prison Release for Nonviolent Foreigners - FoxNews.com

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Published February 17, 2011| FoxNews.com Print Email Share Comments (22) Text Size Nonviolent foreign citizens in prison and eligible for parole and old, ill convicts could be released early as Texas lawmakers try to close a projected $15 billion budget shortfall.
Other proposed budget cuts include closing at least two prisons and slashing rehabilitation programs.
John Whitmire, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, said the state does not have the resources to continue business as usual in Texas.
'Everything is on the table for discussion this year. Everything,' said Whitmire, whose panel oversees Texas prisons.
Texas House Corrections Committee chairman Jerry Madden said any decision should not compromise public safety."