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KY: Prison costs targeted. Panel to focus on easing taxpayers' burden

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prison costs targeted PANEL TO FOCUS ON EASING TAXPAYERS' BURDEN By Joe Biesk ASSOCIATED PRESS Lexington Herald Leader With Kentucky's prison population skyrocketing and only expected to get larger, Gov. Steve Beshear has called on a group of legal authorities from across the state to find ways to relieve the prison system's financial burden on taxpayers. And as Kentucky grapples with budget woes throughout state government, such as sharply reduced spending on public universities, lawmakers are looking to reduce the amount of money the state spends on prisons. A subcommittee of the Kentucky Criminal Justice Council began studying the state's sentencing practices last week. Jun. 09, 2008 "The prison population has grown to the point that it's getting close to costing half a billion" dollars, said Charles Geveden, deputy secretary of the state's Justice and Public Safety Cabinet...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 09, 2008 (boomark / email).