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MD: Easy budget cut: new women's jail

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Easy budget cut: new women's jail $181 million Baltimore project is expensive and unnecessary By Tracy Velázquez, Executive Director, Justice Policy Institute January 19, 2011 Gov. Martin O'Malley's budget is coming out this week, and while there are many items various constituencies would like to see included, here's one that Maryland should do without: $181 million for a new women's jail in Baltimore. This recommendation is absolutely not based on a belief that the current pretrial facilities for women at the Baltimore jail are adequate; having toured the facility, I can say with certainty that I wouldn't want to spend a night there, let alone the months many women spend awaiting their day in court. It is based on our research that shows Baltimore is jailing too many people, including too many women...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 04, 2011 (boomark / email).