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TX: Proposed cuts include programs, meds, private prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Prison cuts: 3,000 jobs, meds, programs to get axe By Mike Ward | Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 09:27 AM Nearly 3,100 jobs of prison guards, parole officers and other officials would be eliminated, privately run prisons would be closed, highly touted treatment and rehabilitation programs would be cut and medical care would be significantly reduced under a proposed 5-percent budget reduction plan unveiled today. Brad Livingston, executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, warned that the $294.3 million in cuts requested by state leaders ?will likely increase recidivism, cause significant growth in the prison population ? negatively impact both supervision in the community and security within our institutions.? In addition, Livingston predicted that the reductions would ?remove all flexibility to manage potential fiscal shortfalls and operational challenges? by the agency...continue to full post

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