Inmates could receive credits for taking part in rehabilitation programs such as education or job training under legislation advanced by a House panel.
Six days after their breakout -- and 400 miles to the north -- fugitives Hossein Nayeri and Bac Duong came to blows in a San Jose motel room because Nayeri wanted to kill the man and bury his body and Duong did not, authorities said Monday.
An increasing number of New Jersey inmates are maxing out their sentences, and are being released without supervision according to a report released Wednesday by the Pew Charitable Trusts.