Kwame Kilpatrick has earned time in the county jail, but not a stretch in prison, a state corrections official said Friday.
“I think we are going to recommend incarcerated in jail, as opposed to prison,” said Russ Marlan, spokesman for the Michigan Department of Corrections.
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Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s proposal to let an estimated 7,500 Michigan inmates out of prison early and save the cash-strapped state money is coming under fire from prosecutors worried about public safety.
Granholm wants to cut more than $130 million from state prison spending in the budget year starting Oct. 1.

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