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State Jail creators: 'Don't kill our baby'

Mike Ward at the Statesman today has an article titled "Lawmakers might scrap or revamp state jail system" which relates a development covered last week on Grits: A suggestion at the House Corrections Committee to eliminate or radically modify the state jail system. (Back in the days when they used to print news on dead trees, I think they used to call this a "scoop.") The story opens:When Texas' network of state jails was established by lawmakers in 1993, the goals were simple: Nonviolent drug offenders, thieves and first-time offenders would be housed in separate lockups with treatment and rehabilitation programs to cut their risk of returning to a life of crime.Now some legislative leaders are considering a plan that might do away with the Lone Star idea that once attracted national headlines...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on July 07, 2010 (boomark / email).