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The Justice Department's proposed $1.5 billion budget increase would help pay for 2,880 new attorneys, agents, marshals, intelligence analysts and prison guards in 2011.

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Justice seeks funds to add 2,800 employees in 2011 By STEPHEN LOSEY | Last Updated: February 2, 2010 The Justice Department's proposed $1.5 billion budget increase would help pay for 2,880 new attorneys, agents, marshals, intelligence analysts and prison guards in 2011. The budget also provides $237 million for a controversial plan to buy an Illinois prison to house suspected terrorist detainees. The White House's budget proposal would provide Justice nearly $29.2 billion in total discretionary spending, giving it a 5 percent increase over 2010. About $300 million in new funding would pay for national security and counterterrorism programs. Justice said almost $4.4 billion would go to its national security programs. State, local and tribal law enforcement assistance would increase by $722 million to $3...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 18, 2010 (boomark / email).