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By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Public safety cuts go deep, affect police and prisons Slashing spending » Trooper, prison guard jobs on the block By Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune Updated: 01/12/2009 08:56:24 PM MST http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_11438864 The state's belt-tightening could mean 42 fewer highway patrol troopers on the streets, elimination of 283 positions in the state court system and reduction of 22 mid-level officers in the state prison system. "I think we're all feeling a real lot of pain this year," said Senate President Michael Waddoups. "It isn't like this is fun for us. It's our constitutional duty, and I would just say the more help we can get the better." The recommended cuts Monday were a sort of first shot at balancing the state budget, which is facing a gaping shortfall over the current budget year and the next...continue to full post

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