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CA: 6,900 "beds" cut in prison plan. Lawmakers critical of $222,000 cost for each new bunk.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

6,900 beds cut in prison plan Lawmakers critical of $222,000 cost for each new bunk. By Andy Furillo - afurillo@sacbee.com Published 12:00 am PST Wednesday, February 20, 2008 California's $7.9 billion prison construction and rehabilitation plan will provide at least 6,900 fewer beds than previously promised and take longer to complete, according to testimony at a legislative hearing Tuesday and interviews with corrections officials. An expansion plan slated for existing prisons has been downsized from 16,000 to 13,000 beds, officials from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation told lawmakers at a state Senate Public Safety Committee hearing. The expansion beds will now cost $222,000 each, or 48 percent more than originally estimated, and won't come on line until December 2009 - 11 months later than originally scheduled...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 20, 2008 (boomark / email).