Kansas Sentencing Commission: Report to the 2003 Kansas Legislature

February 2003  Kansas Sentencing Commission: Report to the 2003 Kansas Legislature Pursuant to K.S.A. 74-9101(b) (15), the Kansas Sentencing Commission is directed to identify and analyze the impact of specific options to reduce prison population, when the prison population projections indicate that the states prison population will exceed capacity within two years. The FY 2003 Prison Population Projections released by the Sentencing Commission in September 2002, forecast the states prison population to reach 9,044 by June 30, 2003, with a slight decline in the prison population to 9,003 indicated for FY 2004. However, from . . .