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Correa: Preserve diversion funding, close prisons to cut TDCJ budget

Ana Yañez Correa of the Texas Criminal Justice Coalition has an op ed in the Austin Statesman today suggesting that budget cuts in corrections should come from closing inefficient prison units instead of cutting treatment and diversion programs. Here's how the column concludes:Overcrowded prisons force higher-risk offenders out to make room for incoming low-level offenders suffering from addiction.Cutting diversion funding is an irresponsible approach to budget difficulties that will only exacerbate these problems, with negative long-term public safety consequences and the potential for taxpayers to shoulder the additional burden of costly prison and jail construction.On the other hand, investing Texas' corrections dollars in the probation system will satisfy fiscal and public safety needs...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 05, 2010 (boomark / email).