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SC: Prisons would close without stimulus

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

25 March 2009 Harrell: Prisons would close without stimulus House Speaker Bobby Harrell said Wednesday the Senate should write a budget that leaves out $350 million in federal stimulus money as Senate Finance Chairman Hugh Leatherman suggested Tuesday. Without the federal funds, South Carolina would have to close three to four prisons, release an unknown number of prisoners and lay off 4,000 to 5,000 teachers, Harrell said. Harrell said the dire results fall squarely on Gov. Mark Sanford who has twice requested a portion of the stimulus money be used to pay down state debt instead of flow to schools and law enforcement agencies. "I am very frustrated," Harrell said. "We're talking about affecting lives of people in this state in a very bad way...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 26, 2009 (boomark / email).