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LBB: Texas prison population growth "flat"

By Gritsforbreakfast

Prison building enthusiasts must have been disappointed to learn that the Legsislative Budget Board will release new estimates on Monday showing "flat" growth in Texas' prison population, just a year after LBB suggested the state would witness major prison bed shortfalls in the next few years.Considering Texas' astronomical prison growth in recent decades and where we were just a short time ago, this is important news.At the Statesman's blog, Mike Ward attributes the revised projections to a "slowdown in the number of new felons, a slightly increased parole rate, fewer revocations to prison from probation and parole and the projected impact of new treatment and rehabilitation programs approved by the Legislature last year." Those few tweaks combined to make a substantial difference:Details: The report predicts Texas? incarcerated population will average 156,364 this year, and rise to 158,470 in 2012...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 01, 2008 (boomark / email).