Tim Pawlenty on Crime Republican MN Governor

More prisons; tougher penalties for sex offenders

Proposed and signed the most comprehensive crime bill in modern Minnesota history, including:
• Better tracking and tougher penalties for sex offenders, including life in prison for the worse offenders, with no possibility of release.
• Put prisoners to work cleaning Minnesota's highways.
• Introduced double-bunking at over-crowded prisons and preparing for a major expansion of the Faribault prison.
• Streamlining prison administration by eliminating duplicate tasks.