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Obama Proposes $528 Million Budget Increase for FBOP

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Obama Proposes $528 Million Budget Increase for FBOP (04/22/2010) WASHINGTON ? As states throughout the country close prisons, implement population reduction measures and cut programming to overcome budgetary deficits, the federal government proposes to increase 2011 spending on federal prisons by almost $528 million. The Obama administration?s $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011 proposes appropriating $29.2 billion to the Department of Justice ? an increase of almost 5.5 percent, including a $527.5 million hike in funding for federal prison operations and for improved security for courthouses and members of the judiciary, according to reports. The administration?s budget proposal includes increases for the Bureau of Prisons, the Office of the Federal Detention Trustee, the U...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on April 26, 2010 (boomark / email).