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Dallas News backs closing prisons to save money

A Dallas News editorial yesterday looking forward at specific ways to cut in next year's Texas state budget offered these suggestions for saving money in the justice system:PUBLIC SAFETY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE: $650.6 millionAlcohol and Beverage Commission $9 million 10%Overseeing prisons and felons $500 million 10%Repair and construction of prisons $10 million 50%Parole system $10 million 3%Central administration $7 million 6%Commission on Fire Protection $600,000 9%Juvenile Probation Commission $30 million 10%Department of Public Safety: Central administration and support $50 million 26%Texas Youth Commission $40 million 10% Unstated but implied, to reduce costs for "Overseeing prisons and felons" by $500 million would require closing multiple prison units and reducing the total number of people the state incarcerates and employs at its 112 units across the state...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on August 01, 2010 (boomark / email).