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MI: Nonpartisan group says rising Corrections spending is the leading cause of Mich.'s continued budget woes.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prison costs may hit $2.6B in '12 Nonpartisan group says rising Corrections spending is the leading cause of Mich.'s continued budget woes. Charlie Cain and Gary Heinlein / Detroit News Lansing Bureau Friday, June 13, 2008 LANSING -- Prison spending is projected to increase by $46 million a year over the next four years, driving the cost to $2.6 billion in 2012, according to a report released Thursday by the Citizens Research Council of Michigan. The 37-page report, reviewing the reasons Michigan incarcerates convicts at a higher rate than neighboring states, says spending on prisons is the leading cause of the state's continued budget troubles. Michigan already spends $2 billion on Corrections programs, one-fifth of the state's general fund, and had to use tax increases last fall to house the 51,000 inmates and avoid a budget shortfall of $1...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 16, 2008 (boomark / email).