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WA: DOC receives $185 in Federal Stimulus Funds

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

STATE OF WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 13, 2009 DOC to Receive Nearly $185 Million in Federal Stimulus Funds OLYMPIA ? The Department of Corrections will receive nearly $185 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds to support public safety programs in Washington and protect thousands of jobs. ?We are in the process of reconciling our program operations with the projected state budget deficit that was brought about by the current economic recession,? said DOC Secretary Eldon Vail. ?These funds will help to lessen the severity of the service delivery and workforce reductions we have to make to manage the agency within our appropriated budget.? DOC will receive more than $182 million from the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund which Congress designed to prevent reductions in critical government services...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on July 14, 2009 (boomark / email).