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"Sale of prisons, fewer inmates part of budget plan"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this interesting article from my own Columbus Dispatch this morning.  Here is how it gets started: Sell five prisons, and privatize two.  Reduce the population by 2,000 inmates. Save $10 million in medical costs.  Ohio prisons chief Gary Mohr has big goals. While some lawmakers questioned how he plans to reach those goals, none in yesterday's three-hour legislative hearing appeared intent on derailing prison-system changes integral to Gov. John Kasich's budget. In the first airing of the proposed $2.97 billion biennial prison budget, Mohr made it clear that his proposed changes won't be easy, nor will they be accomplished without pain; 171 state employees would lose their jobs.  "I do not envy you the decisions you will have to make in this budget," Mohr told the House Finance Committee, which is considering Kasich's $55...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 22, 2011 (boomark / email).