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States letting inmates cut even more prison time

By ERIC TUCKER
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PAWTUCKET, R.I. -If the state weren't so pressed for cash, Joshua Gomes might still be behind bars. Instead, he's working temp jobs — at a construction site one week, a recycling plant another — and talks about going to college, teaching or joining the military.
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2009-10-15 08:18:19

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If the state weren\'t so pressed for cash, Joshua Gomes might still be behind bars. Instead, he\'s working temp jobs _ at a construction site one week, a recycling plant another _ and talks about going to college, teaching or joining the military.