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The Cost Factor in California

By Steve Hall

Bloomberg reports, "California's `Cadillac' Death Row Complex Target in Budget Talks."  It's written by Michael B. Marois and James Nash. California is set to begin construction of a new death row, already the biggest in the U.S., at a cost to taxpayers of as much as $1 billion, even though it may reach capacity in as little as three years.Contracts for the unit at San Quentin prison may be awarded in weeks. The complex would replace cells there dating as far back as 1927. The project, at 540,000 square feet (50,000 square meters), would be about the size of the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford.Governor Jerry Brown, a Democrat, is negotiating with lawmakers to plug a $25.4 billion deficit over the next 15 months through a combination of tax extensions and spending cuts...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on March 04, 2011 (boomark / email).