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"California's bloated prison system threatens public safety"

By Douglas A. Berman

The title of this post is the headline of this commentary in the Sacramento Bee authored by Jeanne Woodford, former director of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and former warden at San Quentin. Here is how it begins: Public safety is a bipartisan concern. The corrections budget must be, too. California's spending on corrections has risen unchecked for too long and with too little to show for it. As every other area of the state budget absorbs significant cuts, corrections remains the exception even as recidivism rates exceed 70 percent. Despite some attempts to cut back, prison costs have actually increased during this severe economic downturn. The state Legislature must not let one more year go by without righting this wrong...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 04, 2010 (boomark / email).