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TYC produces data to facilitate unit closures: What about TDCJ?

The Texas Tribune has an interesting story, along with an extraordinary accompanying spreadsheet (xls) from the Texas Youth Commission, about what TYC facilities might be closed and who will make the decision. The spreadsheet rates facilities by staff turnover, difficulty of recruiting, cost per day, the condition of the physical plant, and a variety of other factors.This is exactly the type of information the Department of Criminal Justice should be compiling for the Legislature, given that they've been ordered to cut $75 million and are short another $61 million in healthcare costs. There's no way to cut $136 million - much less if more cuts are required - without closing prison units, but TDCJ so far has refused to consider that option, much less give the Legislature information that would allow them to prioritize which units might be closed...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on December 15, 2010 (boomark / email).