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Justice Budget Includes 10% Increase for Prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

* The Justice Department is seeking a 2% budget increase, for $28.2 billion * Part of that money would go to renovate a prison that could house detainees * But lawmakers have blocked bringing Guantanamo prisoners to U.S. soil * An increased portion of the annual budget would also pay for a growing prison population Justice budget includes 10% hike for prisons, including detainee site By Terry Frieden, CNN Justice Producer February 14, 2011 Washington (CNN) -- The Justice Department Monday issued a 2012 budget requesting funds to "renovate and activate" a prison at Thompson, Illinois, which the administration has identified as the facility that would hold prisoners from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, if future transfers to U.S. territory are allowed...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 15, 2011 (boomark / email).