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TDCJ belatedly contemplates real-world implications of massive budget cuts

As legislators vet proposals for the next biennium's budget, officials at the Texas Department of Criminal Justice haven't yet figured out how to implement cuts ordered last year, reports Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("Prison agency proposed 1,000 layoffs, less drug treatment, fewer convict meals," Feb. 8), who obtained a four-page summary of the agency's budget-reduction plan through an open records request. He reports:State prison officials are considering a budget-cutting plan to lay off more than 1,000 workers , close three drug treatment centers including one in Burnet and reduce the number of meals fed to prisoners on weekends.Hundreds of parole and probation officers would be among those laid off. And a slimmed-down menu for prisoners proposes sliced bread instead of hamburger and hot dog buns, powdered milk instead of dairy milk, one dessert per week instead of two and only two meals ? brunch and dinner ? on Saturdays and Sundays instead of three...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on February 08, 2011 (boomark / email).