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Read the entire PDF article here Also see the related story below! 03/2009 Executive Summary States face the worst fiscal crisis in a generation. Shrinking budgets are forcing governors and legislators to examine all areas of public spending for possible savings, even those that have been off limits. Corrections is a prime target for cuts. Last year it was the fastest expanding major segment of state budgets, and over the past two decades, its growth as a share of state expenditures has been second only to Medicaid. State corrections costs now top $50 billion annually and consume one in every 15 discretionary dollars. The remarkable rise in corrections spending wasn?t fate or even the natural consequence of spikes in crime. It was the result of state policy choices that sent more people to prison and kept them there longer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues on March 02, 2009 (boomark / email).