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Preparing for the price tag of Texas prisons

As Congress focuses on costs of the drug war, I was interested to receive notice of this brief and informative Texas Public Policy Foundation podcast titled "Preparing for the price tag of Texas prisons," featuring an interview with TPPF criminal justice policy analyst Marc Levin. Give it a listen.The only effective way to control costs in Texas prisons, said Levin, is to control the population numbers. The state already skimps as much on minimizing conditions, cutting calories in meals, etc., he said, as the federal courts will allow. Levin praised incentive funding to local probation departments passed by the Legislature in 2007 aimed at providing more funds to departments that help probationers succeed.The success of the new reforms, he said will depend on judges and prosecutors using the new tools...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on June 19, 2008 (boomark / email).