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Still more evidence it's the prison economy, stupid

By Douglas A. Berman

This article from this weekend's New York Times highlights the important connection between economic realities and prison nation.  Here is how the piece starts:When residents here heard that the governor wanted to close the 137-year-old Pontiac Correctional Center, taking hundreds of jobs from the area, they mobilized. They held rallies and a parade. Streets were lined with blue and white ?Save Our Prison? signs, and people were outfitted in T-shirts to match. The 12,000 or so residents now find themselves trying to talk Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, a Democrat, out of closing the town?s second-largest employer to help fill a $700 million hole in the state budget. Some related posts: It's the prison economy, stupid More evidence that it's the prison economy, stupidcontinue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on August 25, 2008 (boomark / email).