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TX: Prison agency proposes 1,000 layoffs, less drug treatment, fewer meals for prisoners

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prison agency proposes 1,000 layoffs, less drug treatment, fewer convict meals By Mike Ward AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Feb. 7, 2011 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. Prison officials have been meeting privately with legislative leaders in recent days about the $74...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 08, 2011 (boomark / email).