The Oregonian: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown approves early release of 57 inmates vulnerable to coronavirus
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At least 28 states have already released inmates ahead of schedule in response to the pandemic, and most took that step early in the crisis, Carl Filler, a state policy analyst for the Justice Action Network, a national bipartisan organization based in Washington, D.C., that works on criminal justice reform, told The Oregonian/OregonLive last week.
Filler said those early releases typically involved hundreds of prisoners — far more than the 57 in Oregon.
A group of state Democratic lawmakers had pushed Brown to significantly expand those she would consider releasing early, but she rejected the proposal. They sought the immediate release of nearly 2,000 inmates, about 14 percent of the inmate population of 14,085.