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Singing the prison blues Incarceration rate has direct impact on Florida's finances

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

The News-Journal February 08, 2009 Singing the prison blues Incarceration rate has direct impact on Florida's finances Everyone in Florida government is singing the Budget Blues. But underlying the melody is a drumbeat many state leaders profess not to hear: The sound of countless prison doors slamming shut. Like it or not, the state's incarceration policies have a direct and growing impact on the current budget crisis. AN EXPENSIVE HABIT Florida's prison system is growing faster than that of any other state. According to a report by the Pew Charitable Trust, corrections (which includes state prisons and probation) consumed 9.3 percent of the state budget in 2007. The only states to allocate a greater portion of their budget were Oregon and Michigan...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 09, 2009 (boomark / email).