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CA: Governor's call for giving colleges priority over prisons faces hard political tests

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Governor's call for giving colleges priority over prisons faces hard political tests Arnold Schwarzenegger's plan to save money by privatizing prisons and the wisdom of linking the funding of universities and corrections facilities present formidable obstacles in Sacramento. By Shane Goldmacher and Larry Gordon January 7, 2010 Reporting from Los Angeles and Sacramento At the center of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's State of the State speech Wednesday was a proposal that outside of Sacramento might seem like common sense: Mandate that the state invest more dollars each year in its public universities than in locking people up in prison. But to many inside the Capitol, that idea appears all but unattainable. The plan -- and the reaction to it -- highlights the disconnect between the priorities of voters and the reality of the state's shattered finances and a policymaking process that often seems byzantine...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 07, 2010 (boomark / email).