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: The Real Cost of Prisons WeblogGA: Jail and Prison Cells ncrease as beds in psychiatric hospitals decline
By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)
Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on March 27, 2008 (boomark / email).
New diversion programs easing Texas prison overcrowding
Of two Texas Youth Commission facilities transferred to the adult prison system, TDCJ chief Brad Livingston told the Senate Criminal Justice Committee yesterday, the agency has only opened one so far, adding 606 beds, and has no immediate plans to open the second one...
Group sues California over use of lease revenue bonds for prison expansion
A group is suing to block California's $7 billion plan to build 53,000 new jail and prison beds, KPBS reported (LISTEN). The lawsuit was filed by Californians United for a Responsible Budget against Gov...
Mentally Ill Man Kills New Orleans Cop; Psychiatric Bed Shortage Cited
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 31, 2008.
"On Monday morning, in New Orleans, Bernel Johnson wrestled a gun away from a young police officer and shot her dead. Johnson, 44, who had a long history of psychiatric problems, was not supposed on the street, says the New York Times...
Hotel rooms replace jail cells for some offenders www.privateofficer.com
Hotel rooms replace jail cells for some offenders www.privateofficer.com WICHITA, Kansas, May 6, 2008 ? Instead of serving two days in jail, some DUI offenders do their time in the last place you might expect...
Cincinnati Citizens Paid $10M for Rental of Empty Jail Cells
Source: Crime and Justice News, January 23, 2008.
"Hamilton County, Ohio, taxpayers spent $833,755 for empty jail cells in Butler County under an agreement that paid for 300 jail cells a night - whether they were filled or not...
Colorado's struggle with prison overcrowding
Here are excertps from another (all-too-common) story of a state struggling to figure out what to do about its growing prison population: Colorado will be more than 4,600 prison beds short by 2014 if it does not start immediately on...
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