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Light reading: Various corrections topics

A few policy-wonk type publications caught my eye recently that may interest Grits readers, though I don't have time at the moment to post in detail on each of them: Trimming adult corrections budgetsVia Sentencing Law & Policy, check out the Vera Institute's new report on "The continuing fiscal crisis in corrections: Setting a new course." Several states, according to Vera, plan large reductions in corrections spending from Fiscal Year 2010 to 2011. Topping the list:New York: -9.51%Connecticut: -7.67%Iowa: -6.26%Oklahoma: -5.53%Illinois: -5.47%Since Texas has a biennial budget, our Legislature won't get the opportunity to make similar cuts until next year. But if Oklahoma can cut 5% of its prison budget and New York nearly 10%, it's hard to believe the Texas Department of Criminal Justice can't muster any cuts at all...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on November 02, 2010 (boomark / email).